Tina's 2 1/2 inch scotch bonnet. Photo by Tina
Wow! Tina, what a beauty!
Tina told me she found this gorgeous SCOTCH BONNET yesterday on the Sanibel side of Bind Pass at 7:15 in the morning. “Very excited! Made my day!” she said in her email. I am sure it made her day- I think it will make her week and month (just like my 12″ WHELK!). I think this might be like finding a JUNONIA. They are pretty rare to find in this perfect condition…and to be 2 1/2 inches big- nice! Which is really wild that somebody else just told me that they have a friend that just found a scotch bonnet. Who was that??? Please let us know (I must be losing it…who was it???). Well anyway, look at the other pictures of this scotch bonnet that Tina took.
Scotch bonnet at Blind Pass. Photo by Tina
Scotch bonnet tails up side. Photo by Tina
Congratulations, Tina! Time to shellebrate!
Nice shell; unusual to find such a large, nice one just laying there on the beach. Good for you, Tina!
NO Way!!! What a lucky girl! You must be so tickled. I want one! Congratulations!
We found one exactly like this last October in front of our condo on West Gulf (at first light, of course). A cold front had just come through and the waves had been high the day before. It was our first one ever found. Still looking for the Junonia. Congratulations…..it is beautiful.
It’s beautiful :)
Hi! I’m the one whose friend, Sue, found a scotch bonnet on Tuesday, April 27 at Blind Pass at about 5:30am. I just measured it after reading about Tina’s find, and Sue’s is 2 1/2″ long also! Weird, huh?!!! It really is a beautiful shell- it looks like a woman’s hat from the 1930s when I look at it from the opposite end of the point.This is why I LOVE I Love Shelling.com!!! Thanks, Pam:) :)
That’s right, Mary Jo, I knew I just read your friend found one. It’s crazy Sue’s is 2 1/2 inches too! Lucky girls! Thank you for writing to remind us and to find out how big her shell was too.
ps- my email subscription and rss feed is down right now. Not sure what happened but I’m working on it. I hope it’s back up and running soon.
Wow, it’s huge! What a beautiful shell!
Fabulous find! I’ve never found scotch bonnet on Sanibel-Captiva. I have found them further north at Gulf Shores, AL, and on Santa Rosa Island though. Love ’em! Thanks for keeping such a nice blog, Pam.