The root system is used by the reef herons and red-tailed tropic birds.

I've often watched tropic birds try for hours to perch on top of a pitching mast.

Two tropic birds flap by in their awkward way, hiding behind their black masks and laughing at me.

And soon they would be seeing-admittedly only occasionally-his favourite, the tropic bird.

And then came the-toRamage -exciting day when they sighted their first tropic bird.

I hate frigate birds - they seem evil, but the tropic bird - look, he seems so independent!

Sometimes Frank sighed, thinking he had caught a tropic bird, all flame and jewel color, when a wren would have served him just as well.

By the path we saw a number of white-tailed tropic birds.

And the next day there had been a tropic bird.

But there was no mention of whales, shark, dolphins or tropic bird in any of the journals.