Beach Treats~So many wonderful things..

I wasn’t going to walk the beach on our last morning in Sanibel

It was a very cold morning in the mid 30s.

But….

I just couldn’t leave without one more walk.

So, I bundled up and headed to the beach while Jeff stayed in

to do some paper work.

 

I biked out to the beach, locked up my bike and headed east.

It was low tide..

 

I had to take many of the photos while facing west because of the sun..

On the first part of my journey there were many sea urchin.

I put as many back in the water as I could.

I found a hollowed out sea urchin I could take home!

Royal tern..

Tiny little Millipede starfish..

 

On this stretch of the beach there were many Millipede starfish..

I threw as many back into the water as I could..

Oh…Wow!

Look at this area

Jackpot..

The area was about six feet wide and one hundred feet long at least.

 

There were hundreds of these shells with what I was told was a

type of coral on it.

This particular shell was the only kind that had this pink coral growing on it.

 

 

After picking thru the shells for a few nice finds I traveled east a bit further..

 

I believe this is a Serpent or Brittle starfish

 

More Sea Urchin

 

I headed west again passing the awesome shelling area again.

 

About four or five inches of shells..

 

I retraced my steps heading west..

Sea pork

Sea Cucumber

 

A piece of coral that I kept..

Some type of beautiful red coral.

 

I pass the Terns again..

 

Black-belled Plover

 

Another Red Coral

Some kind of jelly

Shells and surf....

Long Spined sea urchin

Another coral

 

I love these little scenes on the beach…Its all so beautiful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I keep heading west past where I came in..

New territory..

I found this cool wooden bird..

 

A Lesser Black-backed Gull with a crab for breakfast..

 

 

A live shell…there were many of these Scallops in this section of the beach..

I threw some of these back in the water…

 

I start to see Conch shells in the section….most of them Live.

more sea urchin to throw back..

I reach another area rich with shells

 

Beautiful still life..

 

 

Lightning Whelk egg casing..

 

This Millipede starfish dried up in this arched shape..

I had a grand time and before I knew it …it was well past one o'clock.

I heart beach walking Sanibel!

Time to get back…clean the shells…

 

And get ready to leave the area…

After a few days in Fort Myers we will head south to the Everglades!

Stay tuned!

Most likely we wont have internet so we will drive

to a nearby coffee shop to post updates.

See you there!