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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Wing Drying After A Rainstorm View 2

With anhingas I either see them thru the trees or from above on a parking garage roof. They are shy birds. Still, much better than when they would be out on the middle of the lake.
Male Anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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