King’s Crown | I Love Shelling

Practicing The Sanibel Stoop On Cayo Costa

by pam | Apr 10, 2017 | Baby's Ear, Captiva Cruises, Cayo Costa Beachcombing, King's Crown, Shell Love Bug | 11

Every single time I step on the beach of Cayo costa… its different. Its truly fascinating to see it change so drastically and which part of the beach the shells pile up. The last few months, we had to walk down to the...

Sorting and Shelling For Seashell Art Project

by pam | May 28, 2016 | Cone, Coquina, Florida Cone, King's Crown, Lightning Whelk, Seashells, Shell Love Bug, Whelk | 9

To start a seashell art project, the first thing on the “to do list” is find shells. Check. Then the shells have to be cleaned and dried. Check. Then the shells should be sorted by species and color. Check. Depending...

We Passed Lots-a-Shells at Pass-a-Grille Beach

by pam | Aug 24, 2015 | Fargo Worm Shell, Florida, Florida Beachcombing, King's Crown, Lightning Whelk, Pass-A-Grille Florida, Roseate Spoonbill, St Petersburg, Sunray Venus, Whelk, Worm Shell | 31

Shell trip! Clark and I took a beach combing road trip from Sanibel Island to Pass-A-Grille over...

Sunrise Shelling

by pam | Jan 14, 2014 | Banded tulip, King's Crown, Lightning Whelk, Tulip, Whelk | 18

Sunrise. There’s something so peaceful about beach combing on Sanibel as the sun rises over the Gulf Of Mexico. It makes the rest day even more special after receiving a gift of the sea like this beautiful LIGHTNING...

Summer Shelling At Blind Pass

by pam | Aug 6, 2013 | Banded tulip, King's Crown, Lightning Whelk, Nutmeg | 26

Cool breezes and dramatic skies of summer evenings on the islands are fantastic. Oh… and did I forget to mention there are shells too? I felt a little giddy being at Blind Pass Sanibel last night since I haven’t been...

Everything’s In The Pink When You’re On The Beach

by pam | Jul 21, 2013 | Conch, Dragonfly, Fighting Conch, Fort Myers Beach Beachcombing, Gaudy Natica / Colorful Moon shell, King's Crown, Rose Tellin, Roseate Spoonbill, Sand Dollar, Shark's Eye, Snowy Egret | 27

Everything seemed to be coming up pink roses while I took a walk on the south stretch of Fort...

Life Cycle Of The Kings Crowns- Egg Hatching to Down The Hatch

by pam | Jun 26, 2013 | Egg Casing, King's Crown, Kings Crown egg case | 45

The most fascinating part about being a daily beach comber is having the opportunity to witness life stages of creatures of the sea. Over the years, we’ve been so fortunate to see KINGS CROWNS (Melongena corona) in...

Super Low Tide With Super Moon

by pam | Jun 23, 2013 | Broad Paper Cockle, Cabrit's Murex, Gaudy Natica / Colorful Moon shell, King's Crown, Sand Dollar | 18

It’s another Super Moon weekend! This large full moon made for a super low tide to let us peek at more of the beach and expose sand bars that are usually covered with water. The photo above shows a few of Super...

The Gulf That Keeps On Giving

by pam | Nov 2, 2012 | Alphabet Cone, Cone, Fighting Conch, Florida Cone, Gulf Side City Beach (Algier's), Junonia, King's Crown, Millipede Starfish | 25

Michelle from New Hampshire got a gorgeous gift from the gulf….. a JUNONIA! She said “I still can’t believe I found one! I was just walking along in ankle deep water that had already be searched by lots of...