The full moon low tide yesterday made for a beautiful morning walk at Blind Pass Captiva. But there was so much sand filling in around the jetty on both sides that I wasn’t finding the seashell treasures that usually build up there.
As you can see the beach on the left hand side has filled in again like it did last year in December so I walked along the sand bar towards the bridge….. and finally found treasures.
I was tickled to find this beautiful LIGHTNING WHELK up on the beach…
The minute I finished taking this picture below, the big WHELK caught me eye because it seemed to change position. There was a crab in there! He was tucked in there so deeply I didn’t see anything in there when I picked the shell up. Woops! Back in the water he went to grow big enough to claim his home a little better. So I had to hunt for another WHELK to make my Sanibel Six complete.
Earlier in the week, I walked down the beach in Captiva with my friend Ellen at low tide to find hundreds and hundreds of GULLS and other birds hanging out.
They were having a feast on thousands of tiny fish caught in the tidal pool. It was fascinating being there to see half these birds enjoying an early Thanksgiving and watching the other half probably feeling a little overstuffed wanting just to take a nap. Ellen and I couldn’t figure out what kind of fish they were munching o so I’ll just call them Guppies… I know they aren’t guppies… but enjoy Guppies And Gulls with Ellen and me.
wonderful video and very cool to see all that. I especially liked LISTENING to the gulls tho. Made me feel like I was right there with ya – wish I was! Guppies and Gulls would be a really cute name for a store! LOL.
That is incredible.
My daughter just walked in and said it reminded her of the movie Nemo where all the birds were saying, “Mine! Mine! Mine!”
Made me laugh!!!
Ever since “Nemo”, every time I hear gulls, that’s what I think of too, and chuckle to myself!
Those gulls were having a conference!!
Lee
Very cool video…Yes, those birds were having a feast!
the gulls are so funny! when we went on a school trip to cumberland island, at the exact moment that we saw the we started booking it and ran right through them!!! it was sooooo much fun! too bad that whelk wasnt empty, sure was a beauty!