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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Young Male Pondhawk View 1
This was the first time I'd seen an immature male pondhawk. As they mature and get older, they will turn a deep blue. I thought this one was a female until I could see that the colors and markings were not quite the same as a female.
Immature Male Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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From Insects and Spiders
