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Follow the water - center of all ecosystems. Have a read below and if you want to see how it all works then go out with eli on his boat.

mountain

mahogany forest

hawks, doves, forest birds, mountain donkeys

valley

tall palms, silkcottons, fruit trees

same

hillsides

turpentine, cactus thorn scrub

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flat lands

cassie, wild tamarind

Hawks, kingbirds, mongoose, kestrel

urban, hotels, towns

fruit, palm, ficus, flowering

bananqit, grackle, rock dove, merlin, mongoose, ratta, pot hound.

beach, shore, wetlands, islands

mangrove, acacia, manchineel, beach creeper 'beach grass'

beach cow, shorebirds, pelican, tiger beetle, crabs -ghost/fiddler, falcon, surfus desperatus

closed bays, estuaries

mangrove roots, turtle grass

juvenile fish, crab, lobster, baitfish, predators

bays, behind reefs / islands

small corals, soft coral, grass

reef spp. bone, tarpon, permit, 'cuda, jack, anchovy, silverside

offshore reef

hard, massive coral - elkhorn

parrots, tangs, bigass critters

the big blue

? buckets, rope, toilet seats

flying fish - everything else eats f.f.