There are broad grassy banks and pine trees, blue herons and kingfishers, even an occasional turtle.

Few land animals worried him, but he had long been afflicted with an unreasoning fear of aquatic beasts--and now one had appeared in the muddy Rio Grande, where, up to then, they had seen nothing more threatening than the occasional snapping turtle.

This small rocky island can be circumnavigated and has lots of coral, schooling fish, puffer fish, morays, barracuda, rays and the occasional turtle.

He saw swallows and starlings roosting on his property, an occasional turtle, flying squirrels and other wildlife far more diverse than what the typical city dweller smells, sees and hears.

By June and July the numbers of baby birds and mammals reach their peak, joined by the occasional injured turtle, snake and bird of prey.

Many ducks are on the water, some large carp and occasional turtles.

Cayo Blanco and the Banco de Estrellas Marinas (Sea Star Bank) are the best spots, with a healthy coral reef teeming with fish, starfish (of course) and the occasional turtle.

These two small rocky islands can be circumnavigated and have loads of coral, schooling fish, rays, morays, barracuda, puffer fish and the occasional turtle.

We had ridden up and down hills, hollows and ridges - struggling to maintain purchase on logging roads and paths strewn with logs, rocks and an occasional turtle.

The seagrass beds have parrotfish, hogfish, and occasional turtles.