On Tuesday morning I went out to the beach behind our apartment on Middle Gulf Drive
On Tuesday morning, I got up early (7 am) and went out to the beach.
There's the sand and the waves.... in the morning light.
I got to witness dawn!!!!!!!!
And here's an "Ocean Dawn", beautiful......
See what a beautiful name I gave my house? Ocean Dawn....
My first find was a live Lettered Olive. It was low tide and there were a bunch of these guys burying in the wet sand.
Here's another one!!!!!!!!
A Horse Conch operculum, the trapdoor of a mollusk. This definitely went into my shelling bag.
Here's some cybershelling for you guys!
I spy with my little eye an AUGER!
Do you see an Auger? ;)
There was this shell line in the middle of the shore, but I didn't really look closely.
However, on one of the Pen Shells, I found this Chestnut Latirus!
At first, I thought that it was a baby Horse Conch, but the shape is just not right. So I looked it up and found out that it was a Chestnut Latirus.
These guys are MUCH smaller than a Horse Conch ( max. length being 2.2 in.) They live in the water, but prefer the reefs, whereas Horse Conch prefer the sand.
They also feed on barnacles and worms.
Here's a Skate Egg, or Mermaid's Purse in the wrack line.
Here's the wrack line itself...lots of egg casings and pen shells.
Horse Conch Egg Casings, Lightning Conch Egg Casings, Skate Egg...
A Sea Urchin!!!!!!!! This guy joined the Horse Conch operculum in my shelling bag, because he was obviously dead and, I just like Sea Urchins.
A Fig Egg Casing.... These are so cool! Or maybe, I'm just used to the other types of egg casings, but I don't see this type as often. :)
The morning was perfect!!!!!!!!!!
See ya soon,
Lava of Ocean Dawn!!!!!!!!! :D
P.S. See, it doesn't always take me long to write a new post ;P
