Post Eta Walk & Talks and Shelling

Since last Friday it's been a bit of an adventure here. Eta in all it's zig-zag tracks has been all around us. On Wednesday it was about 70 miles west of us traveling North.  We had a lot of rain and a day or two of some pretty impressive gusts. We faired very well here in Ft. Myers. Sanibel had a few minor flooding issues but all in all everything is fine!  

Team Cheri decided to go for a walk in the daylight and check things out. Gulfside Beach obviously saw lots of wash....this beach was completely flat and there had obviously been water well up into the vegetation... Many of the posts along that area had been washed out.

 At the lighthouse, there were lots of Live mini Angel Wings 

and Buttercups...

Even mini shrimp!!

Let's do some virtual shrimping...Do you see two in this pic?

There were Billions of Live Coquina...

I found lots of these live Atlantic Wing Oysters

So we decided to try low tide... which happened to be Early Early morning...so we charged up the flashlights and headed out ....

We were walking in the tidal pool and began to see lots of fighting conchs...within 5 minutes, I spotted this guy!!!

SCORE!!!!!

What a way to start the day with a nice Alphabet Cone!!

You know me, I'm interested in the live stuff...I had already found a treasure! We saw a live Pear Whelk...

This nice Lightning Whelk

Cheri spotted this guy running along the bottom of the tidal pool....

and look at this beauty!!! The color on this Horse Conch was amazing....

and this Hermit thought so too!  In fact, he was considering fighting us for it!!

Light just started and the crescent moon and Venus shown brightly over the Gulf...it was amazing!!

As it got lighter yet, The Snowy Egrets were all lining ready for breakfast....

as was a Pod of Dolphin....

and just like that here came the sun!!

Cheri found a nice Lightning Whelk....

and as I was reviewing these pics, I noticed something in the corner of her whelk....a tiny little shrimp!! I blew it up so you could see it closer!

She also scored this huge Shark's eye!

Other than my Alphie...I found a pretty nice Olive and a tiny Banded Tulip...

I also got a nice Lightning Whelk

and this amazing Spiny Jewel Box! Check out those spines!! I almost stepped on it!!

There were lots of shells buried in the sand under water, the water was nice and clear in most places... 4 Whelks in this group along with several other treasures....

Hoping to find some more treasures out there....Stay Tuned!!

::Shelllady Hugs::