{"id":2769,"date":"2010-09-06T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T21:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2010-09-07T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T13:23:09","slug":"oh-what-a-beautiful-boating-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/06\/oh-what-a-beautiful-boating-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh What a Beautiful Boating Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2761\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Live-Limpets-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2761\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2761 \" title=\"Live Limpets\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Live-Limpets--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Live-Limpets--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Live-Limpets--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Live-Limpets-.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Live Limpets on a fallen tree on Cayo Costa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No rain and no work! &#8230;. Time to get out on the water. We took the boat out to our fave spots North Captiva and Cayo Costa. We found three BABY&#8217;S EARS, a few WHELKS and WORM SHELLS (only a few) and the views were spectacular. Well worth the trip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2766\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Periwinkle-on-North-Captiva.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2766\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2766\" title=\"Periwinkle on Cayo Costa\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Periwinkle-on-North-Captiva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Periwinkle-on-North-Captiva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Periwinkle-on-North-Captiva-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Periwinkle-on-North-Captiva.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Periwinkle on Cayo Costa<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2770\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-and-roots-on-Cayo-Costa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2770\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2770\" title=\"Ibis and roots on Cayo Costa\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-and-roots-on-Cayo-Costa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-and-roots-on-Cayo-Costa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-and-roots-on-Cayo-Costa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-and-roots-on-Cayo-Costa.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibis and roots <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2771\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/South-tip-of-Cayo-Costa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2771\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2771\" title=\"South tip of Cayo Costa\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/South-tip-of-Cayo-Costa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/South-tip-of-Cayo-Costa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/South-tip-of-Cayo-Costa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/South-tip-of-Cayo-Costa.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South tip of Cayo Costa<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2760\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Limpets-in-wood-grain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2760\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2760\" title=\"Limpets in wood grain\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Limpets-in-wood-grain-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Limpets-in-wood-grain-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Limpets-in-wood-grain-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Limpets-in-wood-grain.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Limpets in wood grain<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2767\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Barnacles-on-tree-root.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2767\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2767\" title=\"Barnacles on tree root\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Barnacles-on-tree-root-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Barnacles-on-tree-root-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Barnacles-on-tree-root-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Barnacles-on-tree-root.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barnacles on tree root ( I know, nothing fancy but I thought it looked very picturesque)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2764\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-in-a-Cayo-Costa-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2764\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2764\" title=\"Ibis in a Cayo Costa tree\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-in-a-Cayo-Costa-tree-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-in-a-Cayo-Costa-tree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-in-a-Cayo-Costa-tree-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ibis-in-a-Cayo-Costa-tree.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibis in a Cayo Costa tree<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2759\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cayo-Costa-Ibis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2759\" title=\"Cayo Costa Ibis\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cayo-Costa-Ibis-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cayo-Costa-Ibis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cayo-Costa-Ibis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Cayo-Costa-Ibis.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> Ibis enjoying the view<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2768\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Clark-with-a-Rocksnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2768\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2768\" title=\"Clark with a Rocksnail\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Clark-with-a-Rocksnail-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Clark-with-a-Rocksnail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Clark-with-a-Rocksnail-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Clark-with-a-Rocksnail.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark with a Rocksnail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We weren&#8217;t really sure what this shell was Clark found but he insisted it was something good. It kinda looks like a worn KINGS CROWN but the opening edge is sort of serrated. It was really slimed with algae and gunk so Clark got it cleaned up and then check again in the books to see if it&#8217;s a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=76\" target=\"_blank\">ROCKSNAIL<\/a><\/strong> . That&#8217;s what it looks like so far.\u00a0It&#8217;s got some wear and tear but it&#8217;s 2 and a half inches long and it&#8217;s not something we find every day. I think it&#8217;s a good find too, Clark!\u00a0(Update- 10-7-10: Yes, it&#8217;s a rocksnail. We got verification from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/SanibelSanddollarC201.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MurexKen<\/a><\/strong> and Dr. Jose Leal from\u00a0the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Shell Museum<\/a>.<\/strong> Thank you both!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2774\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2774\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2774\" title=\"Rocksnail\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail--1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocksnail <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2773\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail-We-think-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2773\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2773\" title=\"Rocksnail (We think) \" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail-We-think-1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail-We-think-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Rocksnail-We-think-1-1024x696.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocksnail<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2763\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Birds-on-North-Captiva.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2763\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2763\" title=\"Birds on North Captiva\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Birds-on-North-Captiva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Birds-on-North-Captiva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Birds-on-North-Captiva-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Birds-on-North-Captiva.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birds on North Captiva<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2765\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sheller-on-North-Captiva.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2765\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2765\" title=\"Sheller on North Captiva\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sheller-on-North-Captiva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sheller-on-North-Captiva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sheller-on-North-Captiva-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sheller-on-North-Captiva.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine (Venice FL) finding shells on North Cap<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2762\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pelican-landing-strip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2762\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2762\" title=\"Pelican landing strip\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pelican-landing-strip-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pelican-landing-strip-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pelican-landing-strip-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pelican-landing-strip.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican landing strip<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No rain and no work! &#8230;. Time to get out on the water. We took the boat out to our fave spots North Captiva and Cayo Costa. We found three BABY&#8217;S EARS, a few WHELKS and WORM SHELLS (only a few) and the views were spectacular. Well worth the trip. We weren&#8217;t really sure what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1987,142,499,20,50,2005,2019,505],"tags":[478,502,500,260,501,2098,2135,2058,2074,504,385,498,2082,80,443,503],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barnacles","category-cayo-costa-beachcombing","category-ibis","category-limpet","category-north-captiva","category-periwinkles","category-rocksnail","category-striped-false-limpet","tag-aqua-water","tag-babys-ears","tag-barnacles","tag-birds","tag-boat","tag-cayo-costa","tag-ibis","tag-limpet","tag-north-captiva","tag-pelicans","tag-periwinkles","tag-rocksnail","tag-seashells","tag-shells","tag-whelks","tag-white-heron","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}