It usually nests 2-3 m above water in a mangrove tree or in a fork of a tree above ground.

Each species has its own solutions to these problems; this may be the primary reason why, on some shorelines, mangrove tree species show distinct zonation.

For 20 each, we took a guided kayak tour through the mangrove trees.

Large areas of mangrove trees were destroyed.

More recently, overgrazing and the use of small fishing vessels have depleted the area’s shore-hugging mangrove trees, allowing waves to erode the coastline and ancient ruins nearby.