Again, there is this push-pull between land and water, and mangrove trees, particularly red mangroves, are on the front line of this struggle. The water here is extremely shallow for maybe 30, 40, 50 yards beyond the shore, the perfect spot for sandpipers and wading birds to forage. If you could look out along the shore line here, you'd see a few small red mangrove trees perhaps a foot or so tall, maybe with one or two prop roots extending into the water trying to establish themselves in the shallows. If they're able to take hold, they'll join these mangroves and extend and stablize the land behind them. If not, the struggle between the land and the water will continue. These "flats," by the way, are great places to fish.
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