Pear whelk with fluffy clouds

The sky was brilliant blue with white fluffy clouds. The wind was calm so the gulf was like a sheet of glass but just enough breeze to cool the air. It was just like a tropical paradise. Ahhhh. Here are some photos of shells and some other island treasures that I ran into…..all this weekend.

Shell pile at Blind Pass

Lace Murex

Snowy Plover baby on Sanibel

While I was shelling on the east end of Sanibel, Margie from Rochester, NY showed me this cute baby SNOWY PLOVER closely watched by it’s parents. This is an endangered bird so it’s very exciting to see new healthy babies.

Royal terns on North Captiva

Clark with a lightning whelk

Hundreds of live juvenile conchs digging their way back to safety from low tide

Lightning whelk at low tide ....and nothing inside! I got to bring this one home.

From Blind Pass on Captiva to the lighthouse on Sanibel, to boating to North Captiva then back to the east end of Sanibel, the islands were alive, healthy and the prettiest I’ve seen them. Not a bad weekend, I’d say.