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Sanibel Seashell Babies

by pam | Mar 15, 2014 | Egg Casing, Horse Conch, Horse Conch Egg case, Horse Conch Egg Casing, Lightning Whelk, Lightning Whelk Egg Chain, Paper Fig, Paper Fig Egg Case, Paper Fig Shell Egg Case, Pear Whelk, Pear Whelk Egg Case, Seashell Fun Facts, Whelk | 18

On my beach walk at the Lighthouse Beach today, I saw many different lines of shells and oodles of...

On the Beach With Shell Eggs And Ham, Pam-I-Am

by pam | Feb 16, 2014 | Banded Tulip Egg Case, Disk Dosinia, Egg Casing, Elegant Dosinia, Lightning Whelk Egg Chain, Long-Spined Urchin, Millipede Starfish, Paper Fig Egg Case, Pear Whelk Egg Case, Pig's Foot, Sea Pork, True Tulip Egg Case, Tulip Egg Case, whelk egg casing | 29

After strong west winds last week, surely we would get some interesting shells and Beach Bling washing up on our shores of Sanibel and Captiva. Yep, lots of Beach Bling lined the beach at Gulfside City Park. The winds were so...

Holiday Treasures At Low Tide Sanibel

by pam | Dec 16, 2013 | Blind Pass, Captiva, Lace Murex, Paper Fig, Shark's Eye | 27

With a full moon and very low tide at sunrise this morning, I couldn’t resist strapping on my head lamp to search for shells on the sand bars at Blind Pass Sanibel at 6:30 am this morning. I wasn’t the only one who...

Florida Seashells 2013

by pam | May 5, 2013 | Black-bellied Plover, Dusky Cone, Paper Fig, Shark's Eye | 13

i Love Florida! Whoever made this wonderful seashell sign made out of ARKS, must love it too because after a couple of days of rain (to water the plants) and continued wind this week, it has turned into spectacular weather on...

Paper Valentines from Sanibel

by pam | Feb 14, 2012 | Beach Hearts, Beach Holiday, Live Atlantic Fig, Paper Fig, Paper Fig Egg Case, Valentines Day- Shellentines Day | 27

I love paper Valentines. Finding a PAPER FIG Valentine on the beach is even better! Okay, I didn’t find these laying on the beach just like this (especially with a red background- heehee) but I found some very cool Beach...

Pretty Perfect Lion’s Paw

by pam | Jan 4, 2012 | Bones, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, Lightning Whelk, Lion's Paw, Paper Fig, Sanibel Beachcombing | 44

Donnie wasn’t kidding when he commented “Bring it!” for the wanna-be shelling competition in my January 1st post. He went right out to Blind Pass Captiva and scooped up his first perfect little LION’S PAW...

Another First Junonia!

by pam | Dec 11, 2011 | Bones, Junonia, Live Atlantic Fig, Paper Fig, Sanibel Beachcombing | 37

Donnie Benton found his first JUNONIA! He sooooo deserves it. He was at the lighthouse beach at 4 a.m. at low tide searching for ALPHABET CONES (his faves) when he saw those beautiful spots half buried in the sand. Congrats...

The Sanibel Captiva Shell Report

by pam | May 21, 2011 | Blind Pass, Blue Heron, Crucifix Shell, Paper Fig, Sanibel Beachcombing, Sunray Venus | 29

I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that I’m catching you up on the good shelling from the week and if you are coming to visit, there are still shells at Blind Pass (Sanibel and Captiva), minis at the...

Brilliant Colors Of The Sea

by pam | Dec 20, 2010 | Conch, Horse Conch, Operculum, Paper Fig, Purple Sea Urchin, Sea Urchin | 23

Brilliant reds, oranges, yellows and purples have painted the shoreline of Sanibel this weekend with sponges, seaweed and SEA URCHINS. If you’ve seen my last posts, you’ve seen that there have been thousands of SEA...

Sea Turtle Nesting

by pam | Jun 6, 2010 | Paper Fig, Sea turtle | 6

To see a SEA TURTLE coming ashore and laying her eggs is a rare sight. This is what Richard, Anne France, Laura and Paul got to see last week on June 2 at 11 p.m. on the beach at Junonia of Sanibel condos. Richard had his cell...

“I found a Nudibranch!”

by pam | Apr 15, 2010 | Kitten's Paw, Nudibranch, Paper Fig | 12

When you ask a 9 year old what kind of shells that they found, you expect them to say something like “Lot’s of pretty ones!” or maybe sometimes “A whelk and a conch!”. That’s not what I got...

It’s Gettin’ Good

by pam | Feb 15, 2010 | Cockle, Conch, Cone, Junonia, Lighthouse, Lightning Whelk, Murex, Olive, Paper Fig, Pear Whelk, Sanibel Beachcombing, Scallop, Sea Fan, Sea Stars (Starfish), Sea Urchin, Sponge, Tulip, West Gulf Drive, Whelk | 4

I started shelling around West Gulf Drive #7 this morning but didn’t see much until I came back down in between #2 and #3. As I was getting there, I asked a few shellers if they found anything good yet and they told me...

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