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Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga (m)
Courtship behavior

Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga (m)
Courtship behavior (alternating wing wave)

Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga (m)

Courtship behavior

Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

I was standing on the top level of the parking garage (that is next to the rookery). All of a sudden a large
number of ibis launched off from the middle of the rookery. They came flying directly above my head no more
than 7 feet, and they were genuinely surprised to be so close to me. I was standing there with my 700 lens, but
there was not a damn thing I could do with it from such close range. I could hear their wings, but they made no other sound. At Bosque del Apache, whenever snow geese 'blast off' it has a lot of loud vocal squawking along with the take off. By comparison, these ibis were vocally silent. Anyway, the ibis quicky gained altitude and began to drift north of my position. I tried shooting off some shots, but they were just a chaotic mob of (mostly) out of focus birds. But then, suddenly I noticed that they were no longer
flapping their wings, and that they were all lined up in the same plane of focus. They were now gliding inside of a thermal and were making the first pass of a wide circle. I got off a shot. By the time they came back around for the next pass of the circle, they were way too small in the frame to make another shot. I think somehow, while they were still back in the rookery, they must have seen the thermal up above, and then they all simultaneously took off to join up with it.

cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
High breeding color.
Early morning frontal bright overcast / rain lighting.
Full frame at minimum distance focus.
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
High breeding color.


UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery

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High breeding
Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery
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High breeding
Dallas Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery
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Nothing quite like a white ibis in full breeding colors. The legs and face change from a pale tannish pink to a deep red. Females develop a red gular pouch that is attractive to the males. The pouch disappears along with the vibrant colors once there are eggs in the nest. This female has positioned herself where she can be easily seen in all her glory.
Female American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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One of the 8 water birds that nest in this rookery. The legs are in the process of fading from the bright hot pink to the normal yellow.
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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There are 3 chicks in this nest. All enjoying the delicious fish meal that the parent is in the process of delivering into the nest via regurgitation. Plenty for all.
Great Egret family (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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Love getting to look down into this nest at those wonderful eggs. The parent was carefully turning them.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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They were having a discussion about stick placement in the nest they were beginning to build. They were standing on the platform of the nest.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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A new pair at the rookery. They are both still in breeding colors. That bright green will go back to yellow once there are eggs in the nest they were standing on.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
Dallas, Texas
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Great Egret Ardea alba