REWIND: Mullet Run

Remembering some hungry Pelicans going after a school of Mullet back in September 2016.

The mullet are running at Sebastian Inlet State Park, which means for non-fishermen like me this certain fish is swimming in big schools along the shore making for a movable feast for the Brown Pelicans.
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The jetty at Sebastian Inlet is crowded with fisherfolk hoping the little mullet will draw in bigger fish to prey on them and, possibly, get hooked.
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The mullet are readily visible moving just below the surface of the water – or flying out of it churning up the water! Note at least two mullet are airborne in the top portion of the image.
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The Brown Pelicans are putting on a real show as they plunge dive repeatedly trying to catch these fast little fish.
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Pelecanus occidentalis has stolen my heart.

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