ZIHta con el Anochecer

I hope the Pelican had a successful dive

Ha! It did. They were hitting the water at high speed for quite a while right in front of us, but my little old i-Phone just couldn't freeze them in flight in the dwindling light. So this was one of the better shots.

The frigate birds were hovering high above the pelicans, waiting for any pelican to take flight with a fish still in its beak. If they flew high enough, the frigates would swoop down right at them, and sometimes the pelicans would cough up what they'd just swallowed out of fright of the swooping frigates and the incredible frigates would catch their food before it hit the water. The smarter pelicans flew away low over the water seeking another cardumen of fish schooling at the surface for them to dive into, then they'd loop up high and quickly dive, hoping they weren't detected by a frigate. Amazing displays of acrobatic flight, fishing and survival. The daily drama that is life on our ocean.