Team Cheri decided to go to the Mud Flats at Bunche Beach for morning low tide....Cheri brought her camera and of course I had to bring a shell bag or two! One of the first things we saw was a live Lightning Whelk, which is fairly unusual in these parts...But a pleasure to see anywhere!!
...and these HUGE live Fighting Conchs....we are not sure they are actually Florida Fighting Conchs since they are so much larger....
There were enthusiastic stone crabs...
I believe this is a tiny Purse crab...
These Crowns were having a convention!!
I'm not sure if this was live or not, but it was very interesting!!!
Something else that was interesting was the patterns in the water, I'm not sure if this is the natural Tannin that caused this or what, but this pattern was all over the place, it would change as you walked through it...it was very unusual.
...and the birds...so many different ones...There were Pelicans and Sanderlings...
The Majestic Great Blue Heron watched over them all!
One of the highlights of the day for me was my first Rosette Spoonbill in person!! The color was just beautiful, the picture doesn't do it justice!
and the bird prints were everywhere...so cool!! Big ones....
In the middle of all of this I did pick up a few treasures also!!!
Sunray Venus, and Angel Wing, 2 Pear Whelks, Lots of Kings Crowns and Rose Tellins and a few Worm shells and Melampus!
Bunche Beach is always an adventure!!! Stay tuned!!
::Shelllady Hugs::
Love your blog!! Thanks for sharing ! I’m going to have to check out Bunche Beach one of these days 🐚
ReplyDeleteTony and I went while we were there but didn’t find anything. Tide was not the best but it was when we had gone across so we stopped to see if there was anything, be it shells or birds.
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy your blogs hoping to get back down in a couple of weeks. Would love seeing a Roseate Spoonbill too. Love them. Hope to see you soon!
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