UTSW Rookery
Spring 2016 I started visiting the bird rookery at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. It was my first time to see a rookery. In this gallery I am attempting to document what takes place in a rookery for each species of aquatic bird that comes here. It has been an amazing journey that I am sharing here. There are 8 species that nest here and I will divide them by species in the order that they show up.
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Awkward Branchers View 2
They are very awkward at this stage. They don't quite know what to do with those big wings and are trying to find their balance skills. The one with its head down nearly fell off the branch as I watched. Sometimes the first flight is an accident when they fall or are pushed off the branch. They were accidently whacking each other with those wings.
Great Egret Branchers (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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