Cyber Shelling Bivalves
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How could anyone think KITTENS PAWS aren’t cute? It was like it had rained KITTEN’S PAWS yesterday since there were so many on the beach at Blind Pass Captiva. Here’s a cyber shelling photo so you can virtually pick through the piles and find some yourself. Enjoy!
Also mixed in were hundreds of TRANSVERSE ARKS…
Oodles of CROSS BARRED VENUS clams…
And a few LADY-IN-WAITING VENUS clams mixed in too…
I would say that the KITTEN’S PAWS, CROSS BARRED VENUS and the TRANSVERSE ARKS are the most common shells on Sanibel but I’m still not convinced what the top six commons shells are. I just loved seeing so many LADY-IN-WAITING VENUSes mixed in too, I wanted to show you those. They are so pretty and I normally never pay attention to them. When I don’t have a lot of time, I need to stay out of the sun for a bit or we are having lots of scattered showers, I just like to stop by the beach for a short time and enjoy all of the shells that I seem to neglect the rest of the year. Most of the shells in this next photo are all bivalves…. they did not let me neglect them this time.
PS- I have no idea how that board got there. I guess it washed up?
29 days till I’m picking up Kitten’s paws on the beaches of Sanibel!! Hope I see you!
Glad to see the pretty sky after the last posting of the very dark skies (which I happen to love too – made some very cool photos)
That is a lot of kitten paws!!
10 days and counting…….(insert big smile)
Wow, it’s totally amazing to see how the treasures change from day to day. Most days it seems like there’s a bit of everything (‘cept the rare junonia) and other days Mother Nature has sorted one or two kinds for your pickins’.
Thanks for sharing your adventures, even the dark skies.
~m
i LOOOOVVVEEE your website!!!! i check it everyother day! im going to sanibel in 5(school) days!!! we r leaving after school wednesday!!! this is my bible for shelling!!!! kittens paws always make me smile!:)
thanks for your dedication to your website and to sanibel shelling
emma
I am sitting in St. Louis with my “Fresh Produce” Sanibel Island shirt on and wishing I was picking through the Blind Pass pile of shells. I have seen them look like they are sealed shut….what does that mean?
I love Lady-in-Waiting venus– such a delicate texture and pattern. I always look for them at Blind Pass, trying to find the best, darkest zig-zag patterns. It’s one of my favorite Sanibel bivalves, along with the very elusive Spiny Paper Cockle.
Pam, I love your Kitten Paws. Although it took me a while, I finally figured out the design/pattern. Well done!
Thanks for the cyber shelling and the sanibel fix!!