there it also attracts the Predators like Bart Jackson hunt here as they do on the recent on the mangroves is a shallow salt pond created long ago by the barrier dreams that still connected but the sea by the tidal creek so there's a daily replenishment of this important feeding ground for the island’s birds the pelicans are there every day working the schools of baitfish specialize predators they are dependent on this system other birds like these stilts are migratory spending winters on this island and summers in the north on the mainland they are only one among many species are wading birds here another year-round resident a royal tern dives for fish it says depending on the water as the pelicans late in the afternoon the pelicans leave the pond and head for another fishing spot in the lagoon beyond the mangroves the I'll good who well man the well move me them I’ll Paulo well pelicans often feed in shallow water grass beds where they can scoop up schooling fish close to the surface adult fish from the reef itself stay away from the perils of the open water for lagoon and don't figure in the Pelican diet the reef creates the Falcons hunting grounds they nest nearby where they can watch the water these pelicans live in a recovery among the factors and thorn trees and I feel about them only two weeks old is chicks huge big patch serves as an air conditioner laugh it's free schools to blood flowing through the walls of the couch the chicks grows fast month they have dick down and begin to learn about their range met among they fly like their parents duskish the time for change in movement on there is an increase in traffic as creatures move toward shelter that others begin to steer toward a night de feasting the sea urchins are the first to move beginning late in the afternoon they migrate down from the safety of the reef towards the grass beds as we see here in time lapse normally the movements over chins are almost imperceptible in time lapse their travels are five hundred times faster passing fish are only flickers a flight I'm the migration continues well past sunset and throughout the night schools have grunts and squirrel fish spend the day arresting deep in the recesses at the report when night falls the entire school moves down toward the nearby grass banks on like most fish that feed strictly at night the squirrel fishes a carnivore it is so sensitive to vibration pressure and smell that it navigates at night has Easley is biting1plank and moves away from the ring for the car was speeding to the relative safety of the mid water many are minute crustaceans it this is a larval crap I'll shrimp a few millimeters long are a main staple of the diet of carnivores human aide to financial on this medusa is a tiny carnivorous jellyfish home the well hand the newly hatched crab larvae sneered then escapes of the horror the Tina for no relation to jellyfish is by a luminescent it shines in the dark the of I'll it moves slowly through the water feeding on plankton propelled by rippling bands and Celia them the cued by the failing light coral polyps emerge as soon as its dark mail well extended tentacles soften the outline to the coral l there well the this parrot fish has returned to the crevice