Cockle | I Love Shelling

Learning about Seashells at the 2016 Sanibel Shell Festival

by pam | Mar 14, 2016 | Cockle, Eleuthera Seashells, False Shark Eye, Flat Zigzag Scallop, Florida Prickly Cockle, Freak Shells, Glass Sponge, Moon Snail, Sanibel Shell Festival Fair and Show, Scallop, Shark's Eye, Shell Shows, Sponge, Triton, ZigZag Scallop Right Valve | 4

The shell world is a fascinating adventure to learn about the lives of MOLLUSKS and the people who...

Case Of The Cracked Cockles – Video

by pam | Apr 6, 2015 | Atlantic Giant, Cockle, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Seashell Fun Facts, Shell Videos, Smart Bird Cracking Cockles | 11

Have you ever found one of these shells on Sanibel Island that you couldn’t identify?...

Breathing The Beach

by pam | Sep 22, 2014 | Florida Prickly Cockle, Gulf Side City Beach (Algier's), Sand Dollar | 25

There are many treasures to be found each and every time you take a walk on the beach. I feel that way about any beach… even when they don’t have gobs of shells like we do in Southwest Florida. I couldn’t help...

Smell The Salt In The Sanibel Captiva Air

by pam | Mar 12, 2014 | Blind Pass, Captiva, Flat Zigzag Scallop, Lion's Paw, Sand Dollar, Strawberry cockle | 19

Sunny blue skies, aqua water and warm breezes have filled our beach days in Southwest Florida this week- it’s been absolutely gorgeous! But last week, we had some dark skies, rain and a cool (60s) weather front from the...

Not Just Another Silly White Shell

by pam | Jan 27, 2014 | Blind Pass, CROSS-HATCHED LUCINE, Painted Egg Cockle, Shiva Shells, Texas Longhorn Bryozoa, Turban, Turban Operculum Shiva Shell | 21

I’ve never seen so many glossy PAINTED EGG COCKLES wash up together as much as I have on the new sand bar at Blind Pass Captiva. Gail Carr (Maryland) collected of these beauties and much more sweet gems she sorted in this...

The 12 Shells Of Sanibel My Seashore Gave To Me…

by pam | Dec 18, 2013 | Alphabet Cone, Apple Murex, Atlantic Giant, Banded tulip, Beach Holiday, Bittersweet Clam, buttercup, Calico, Christmas, Cockle, Conch, Cone, Fighting Conch, Giant Bittersweet, Lettered Olive, Lightning Whelk, Murex, Olive, Sailor's Ear Channeled Duck Clam, Scallop, Tulip, Whelk | 59

Of my first find of shelling, my seashore gave to me…. a CONE on the beach of Sanibel Of my second...

Spectasheller Speckled Tellin

by pam | Nov 17, 2013 | Broad Paper Cockle, Conch, Fighting Conch, Southern Surf Clam, Speckled Tellin | 16

Shellzam! I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone find a double SPECKLED TELLIN shell in SouthWest Florida. We found lots of double SPECKLED TELLINS on our trip to Turks And Caicos but only a handful of...

As The Island Terns

by pam | Oct 29, 2013 | Beach Art, Broad Paper Cockle, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern | 19

As October is coming to an end, so is SEA TURTLE nesting season. This means that most or all of the nests have hatched already so we don’t have to worry about those little babies making their way from the nest to the water...

I Spy Seashells And Beach Bling

by pam | Jul 11, 2013 | Amber Glass Bubble, Antilles Glassy bubble, Blue Heron, Bruised Nassa, Bubble shell, Dark Cerith, Florida Lyonsia, Ibis, Mangrove Periwinkle, Marginella, Morton's Egg Cockle, Pitted Murex, Reddish Egret, Rice Olive, Rose Tellin, Snowy Egret, Sparse Dove, Wentletrap, West Indian False Cerith | 30

Looking at this top picture you will see most of the shells I found last evening at Fort Myers’ Bunche Beach. Can you identify most of them? While you try to figure out each of the shells… Wanna go on a little CYBER...

Super Low Tide With Super Moon

by pam | Jun 23, 2013 | Broad Paper Cockle, Cabrit's Murex, Gaudy Natica / Colorful Moon shell, King's Crown, Sand Dollar | 18

It’s another Super Moon weekend! This large full moon made for a super low tide to let us peek at more of the beach and expose sand bars that are usually covered with water. The photo above shows a few of Super...

Tropical Storm Andrea Brings Seashells To Sanibel!

by pam | Jun 8, 2013 | Alphabet Cone, Angel Wing, Atlantic Giant, Baby's Ear, Blind Pass, Carrier Shell, Fighting Conch, Horse Conch, Junonia, Lighthouse, Lightning Whelk, Octopus, Sea Stars (Starfish), Tropical Storm Andrea | 27

Tropical Storm Andrea blew through Southwest Florida this week without stirring up too much ruckus.. other than seashells and Beach Bling! It was a sheller’s playground at Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel Island, Florida. Sara...

Sanibel Weekend Wonderland

by pam | May 28, 2013 | Atlantic Giant, Cockle, Horse Conch, Lightning Whelk, Sea Cucumber | 26

After seeing so many empty shells at Blind Pass at the beginning of the weekend, we wanted to see what Tarpon Bay Rd Beach access looked like with the extreme low tide. This beach looked so different and we saw so many live...

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