For an area that you weren’t expecting a lot of good stuff to be at, you had some nice finds. The little crabs cracked me up ! That would be so much fun to come across. Have a great day everyone !
The crown conchs were awesome. One had the longest spikes I have seen. The striping in the inside of the other one is beautiful! And the tiny wentletrap, what a surprise!
Your videos contuniously inspire me to appreciate the beauty of this wonderful state. Love that you work some education into your beach walk videos too. Keep up the amazing work girl ❤
Hello Sharmon! Thank you for taking us all to Bunche Beach. I learned the names of some shells that were new to me. Gotta say how happy I am that you found those awesome crown conchs. There's nothing quite like them. Of course the wentletrap was wonderful as were the rest. I was a couple of days late this week watching your show....I'm now busy with my new white Labrador puppy, Mr. Knightley. So now my other senior beagle, Pandy, has a new friend after losing our beautiful Sundae in May. He is gentle and sweet just like his name sake character. I'm so glad you're doing beach walks. I hope to take one with you someday. Have a blessed week, my friend. I'd love to see the shell you're planning to paint once you have it done.
Oh happy days to have a new pup! It's amazing how much joy these creatures can bring us 🥰 I got a kitten last September and I can't believe he's already a full grown cat! I just adore critters! ❤️ Enjoy Mr. Knightley!
I surely will enjoy him and Pandy is not so lonely now. Yes we have two very nice kitties too. They are part Maine Coon cats and are brothers. They truly are gentle giants. They have been so nice to the puppy. I adore critters too.
Hi Sharmon!! Didn't get to watch the vid till today. I love Bunche Beach. That's where I have found most of my wental traps. Love the creatures there and the madder horns are so sweet. Just a pleasant place to walk and find tiny treasures. You found some sweet little treasures. Loved this!!😊😊
This was a lovely outing, Shar. Thank you for explaining about the special canoers. I loved seeing the Eagle out there too. Thanks for taking me along, Beach Friend. See you next Sunday!! 🏖🐚❤
Dear Sharmon, Who would have thought that Bunche beach had so many different gorgeous shells! That wentletrap is gorgeous!😍 And I love all the tiny shells. It maybe took some more effort, but all the shells are stunning! I'm glad you kept the damaged ones. Think they are great for crafting. Thank you for taking us with you on your adventures! Can't wait to see where you will bring us next week! I hope you have a fantastic week! Sending love and hugs, xoxo ❤, Ilona
I should really go to Bunche more often. It's nice to mix it up and find completely different specimens. I do hope I can figure out Lighthouse Beach for the wentletraps again. Since the hurricane I've lost my groove but I think I'm going to try again soon! Plus I have my gloves, so the bugs won't get me on my hands either!!
The brown banded Wentletrap! OMG!!!!! So excited for you! I swear that gaudi nautica has a little shape of Texas chipped into it! 😂 Maybe I was seeing it from a weird angle, but I see enough Texas shaped things to know it when I see it! Maybe it’s thinking about the Texas coast right now, but thankfully Beryl has not been as bad as we thought it could be. My parents are getting hammered with some rain and wind, but they are safe and have everything they need.
Helli, Sharmon, so glad to go along to Bunche Beach! Wow, what a lot of interesting tiny shells! Some of them I've never seen before! Kind of makes you think how many tiny shells people overlook in favor of the big, showy shells! I'm so glad you're having a fun beach day! It does my landlocked heart good to see you and hear the joy in your voice, dear friend. Until I can get there, I' ll see you in my beachy dreams. Much love to you and many thanks for keeping my beach tank full of sea, sand and shells! M
I think there is a "natural progression" us shellers go through. First, we all want the big horse conch or lightning whelks. That's all the matters - the big ones. Then the allure of only looking for big shells dissipates and the smaller shells become more "attractive." Then comes the teeny tiny shells, not to mention the "weirdos" like albinos or freak shells. I love them all and I'm thrilled that there is still so much to learn!!!
What fun finds this week. Augers and similar shells always have crabbies living in them where I live so i don’t tend to pick them up. It seems they are not as interested over there.
So glad you got that brown-band WT! I found a couple some years back in SC along with a couple of the white species-it seems every year is a different shell. That year was wentletraps. This year baby’s ears. Knobbed whelks, sand dollars, and lettered olives have had their years too. I find the cycles of shells so interesting. Looking forward to next week’s walk!
@@SWFBeachLife I found a lot of baby ear shells at Holden Beach in NC. Unlike FL, I found quite a variety of colors which I assume was from the mineral composition of the sand. For Christmas our kids got us nights at a hotel so we could stop there when we head down to FL again in October. Hoping to find an Eastern Murex this year.
@@Bev-c8k I would faint to see one of those giant murex shells on the beach. It’s so funny what is common to me is exotic to others. Good luck with that murex!
Congratulations on the Brown Band Wentletrap! Love the minis, they are so beautiful, but they do require focus and good eyesight to find them. Great walk on the beach!
I am getting cataract surgery soon and hope by next winter, I can see the tinies better. However, I may just need to train myself to see them like I did years ago when I first started looking for shark teeth. 😁
Such a pretty beach area! Congrats on the wentletrap! I found a Brown Banded Wentletrap too just last month at Melbourne Beach! I was stooping down to pick up another shell and noticed the perfect circle aperture and was like YES!!!! Finally! My 1st wentletrap; I was so excited. Super tiny too. Beautiful crown to take home!!!!! Under/near the causeways in Melbourne, FL you can find those crowns along the Indian River too. Happy shelling!
Yay on your first wentletrap! I feel like that first one is the hardest to find. I’d love to explore along the Indian River. I’m one class away from being a FL Master Natutalist and I just love exploring Florida!! Happy shelling to you too!!
Wow amazing, for not a beach that has shells you did great finding those treasures! Last week 7 crowns and this week 3 Wowser. Happy for your finds and all the education ❤
Another interesting and calming video. Thank you. Here in northern Kentucky I do not have beaches to scout. However, I am an avid gardener and find numerous fossils. Once upon a time this area was an ancient aquatic seabed. Organic skeletal remains clearly present themselves in rocky sediment. I have discovered many intact braciopods (Kentucky's state fossil). Traces of another geological age is quite thrilling. Some of my fossils are so fascinating I display them in my home.
This is awesome! I think us “hunters” all share that passion to see what we can find. I’ve found a few shell fossils and I know you can go fossil hunting in some areas here in Florida. I went to try to learn how to find live land snails here in FL. We didn’t get to see any that day, but we found tons of tiny shells. The hunt is so rewarding!
I was just there this morning! Didn’t find too much but there were a few that were occupied that I was excited to find. Of course I carefully put them back in the water.
Bunche is looking better to me than before Ian. The crown conchs are gorgeous finds. Seeing the photographers made me wonder if they were photographing the rosette spoonbills I have seen near the bridge as you drive into the beach area. Thanks for all you do to teach us about the variety of shells on our Florida beaches!
@@SWFBeachLife yes! We saw the one remaining flamingo while on an Adventure in Paradise shelling trip out to Cayo Costa. What a beautiful place( loved your videos from there)! We are now Florida residents and because of your videos, I take many others who visit us on wonderful beach adventures. Thank You!
Congrats on the brown banded wentletrap! Took me years until I found my first one, they're pretty hard to find in SWFL, though I found a lot of them in NC. That's something I've done too, find a neat mini shell and not realize it until I was editing the video. Happy shelling!
My heart dropped when I saw that shell on screen. Then I went out and couldn't find it. I checked the footage again and I just knew I kept it. I'm glad I use a really good shell bag so it was still in there! Thank you for watching A!
Beautiful shells and views, as always. Nice pink band! I'm very jealous of those moon snails. We are pivoting, supposed to be on AMI later this week, but was sure our flight would be cancelled, so rescheduled to the east coast. Fingers crossed that we can make it there. Our trip is SO not what is important right now. Stay safe!
So happy you found a yellow/Morton's egg cockle! One time I came across a whole bunch of those in a spot. Love them!!❤️ Wow! A bald eagle still in FL??! Ours left a couple of months ago... This shell nerd friend thinks that actually might've been a yellow egg cockle. Some are shaped like that. What other answers did you get? Beautiful crowns! Thanks Sharmon! xxoo
Whaaa? The egg cockled can be SHAPED differently? I give up 🤣 No one else has offered any answers yet. Yes, we have bald eagles all year down here as far as I know. Lots of fish to steal from other birds LOL!
The nasa's are so cute. And that crab, too funny. lol. Can they drop off dragon fly's on Ft. Myers & Sanibel? lol. Those crabs looked like they were dancing. lol. I had the same problem with that I'm subscribed but not getting notifications. But I know you do this on Sunday so I go to your page. :)
Yay for another tinies video! I would've plopped my butt down & scoured the beach for hours. That one crown conch is SO SPIKY and I love it. :D Definitely putting Bunche Beach on my list if I ever get to Florida.
Making me want to go double check my tiny pointy shells for wentzel traps. I have a few that I don’t know what they are and I don’t think they are ladder horns. I thought they may be beach worn or damaged wentzel traps. 🤷♀️Awesome to get some identification on some new tiny shells in this video. The true tulips tho? How surprising! Thank you!
Dragonfly’s and Butterflies are my 2 favorite insects. Ladybugs used to be a part of that until I moved to the Carolinas and my neighbors window was covered with ladybugs and it stunk so bad.
Amazing beach walk! I love the minis. When you are shelling on the south end of Fort Myers Beach is that the Matanzas Bridge that we see in the background? Thanks
No, the Mantanzas Bridge can be seen from Bunche Beach and the North end of Fort Myers. The bridge at the bottom of South Fort Myers Bridge goes over Carlos Pass.
I loved the brown band wentletrap!! What a find! (I've found one wentletrap...in France!) Do all crown conches have the little spikes going down to the narrow end and they just get worn off, or do they just not all have them? One of the ones you found had some. I loved the little Morton's egg cockle...a darling!!
You have a good eye! Not all of the crown conchs will get that second row of spikes. Some just don't grow them. Others have them but they are small and then others will have a glorious second row. Plus the direction of the spikes can differ too. I've seen them from other areas and the spikes tend to go straight up, whereas the ones I find, the spikes grow at an angle. It's all fascinating. Oh to go shelling in France!!!!
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you for the information on the crown conches. I've only seen the ones you've picked up and featured in your videos. But I remember one that had spikes that were hooked on the ends! That one was glorious!! (I'm leaving on the 21st to go to France for 3 months...I'm going to 6 of the Olympics events! And hopefully I'll be able to get up to the coast again, too! That's where I found the wentletrap and found 3 "sea potatoes" - which I'd never even heard of before - but only one made it home in one piece. )
What books woukd you recommend? We had one in my place of retail. But it was drawings of the shells. And while I'm happy they have it. I would rather have real photos!
This book, hands down, is like my "Beach Bible" amzn.to/3aqkmO0 Then this one came in handy for the bivalves: amzn.to/3G8ngWo The other books aren't as helpful as you need to know what location the shells are from to kind of figure out what species it is.
After many, many of your episodes, I decided to do more research on gastropods and sea snails. I was curious about the animal inside and how they made their shell . I found a RUclips channel where the really sweet creator shows and explains how the animals work and what they look like on the inside of their shells. He makes it all easy to understand by using great visuals, models and a soft voice. He’s videos would be excellent for children. I’m not trying to divert Sharmin’s viewers to other channels, but thought I’d share the channel for my fellow gastropod lovers. Here’s the channel name: Odd Animal Specimens
@@SWFBeachLife Thanks for replying! Btw, you’re awesome! I wish I could express how much your beach visits feed my soul. I grew up on Huntington Beach CA and I’ve been landlocked in the Dallas area for the last 43 years. Ugh! When we retire I want to relocate near a beautiful beach. 2:20 I watch every episode you create 2-3 times. My husband thinks I’m obsessive, but I catch him watching your show! We’re planning a trip to the Ft. Myers area for next winter or spring. Hubby just bought a water proof backpack for the beach - ha, ha! We’ll definitely be taking a SWFL Beach Tour with your friend. Many, many thanks for your channel!
@@lorii7556 This warms my heart! I know if I lived here and had to move away I’d be devastated. I’m so happy you enjoy my beach trips as much as I do!! ❤️
@@lisak5133 It was in Fort Myers Beach. We actually have fossils all over the place. Mostly in parking lots where old shells are used instead of gravel. We don’t have many rocks down here - just limestone!
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Awesome day on the beach with awesome shells. Many thanks for sharing your day with us! 🐚 ⛱️ 😊
For an area that you weren’t expecting a lot of good stuff to be at, you had some nice finds. The little crabs cracked me up ! That would be so much fun to come across. Have a great day everyone !
It’s not your typical beach, but it can sure can be fun!
So o interesting today & beautiful. Thank you for taking us with you each Sunday. I am very grateful.
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching!
Another beautiful beach walk collecting treasures and visiting beach life! I look forward to these every Sunday! Thank you so much!
That beautiful big pink hinged shell looks like a butterfly when you turn it upside down. Just beautiful.
Always LOVE…goooing tooo the beach!! From SWOhio😎
Thank you for tagging along!!!
The crown conchs were awesome. One had the longest spikes I have seen. The striping in the inside of the other one is beautiful! And the tiny wentletrap, what a surprise!
So many fun finds today. Such a great beach to walk along and enjoy the water and its hidden treasures..thanks so much for bringing us along…❤
Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for taking us with you. I absolutely love learning about shells & the various beaches. Please keep on ..
That is the first brown band wentle trap I have ever seen. Those crown conchs look awesome oiled! Thanks Sharmon, have a great week!!
Thanks, you too!
Your videos contuniously inspire me to appreciate the beauty of this wonderful state. Love that you work some education into your beach walk videos too. Keep up the amazing work girl ❤
Thank you so much!! I want to purchase one of those "Florida Adventure" books and start doing different adventures. I stinking love living here!!
I love how excited you get when you pick up the shells 😂!!
I am a shell loving fool!! 🥰
Hello Sharmon! Thank you for taking us all to Bunche Beach. I learned the names of some shells that were new to me. Gotta say how happy I am that you found those awesome crown conchs. There's nothing quite like them. Of course the wentletrap was wonderful as were the rest. I was a couple of days late this week watching your show....I'm now busy with my new white Labrador puppy, Mr. Knightley. So now my other senior beagle, Pandy, has a new friend after losing our beautiful Sundae in May. He is gentle and sweet just like his name sake character. I'm so glad you're doing beach walks. I hope to take one with you someday. Have a blessed week, my friend. I'd love to see the shell you're planning to paint once you have it done.
Oh happy days to have a new pup! It's amazing how much joy these creatures can bring us 🥰 I got a kitten last September and I can't believe he's already a full grown cat! I just adore critters! ❤️ Enjoy Mr. Knightley!
I surely will enjoy him and Pandy is not so lonely now. Yes we have two very nice kitties too. They are part Maine Coon cats and are brothers. They truly are gentle giants. They have been so nice to the puppy. I adore critters too.
@@miriammacdermot5601 It sure sounds like it! I’ve had bunnies and ferrets and birds - we just have cats now but that’s enough! 🥰
I loved walking this beach with you! I loved everything you found and the crown conchs were amazing!
Hi Sharmon!! Didn't get to watch the vid till today. I love Bunche Beach. That's where I have found most of my wental traps. Love the creatures there and the madder horns are so sweet. Just a pleasant place to walk and find tiny treasures. You found some sweet little treasures. Loved this!!😊😊
I found my first wentletrap at Bunche 😌 It's such a fabulous beach to look for things a little out of the ordinary.
Lots of great finds! So glad you kept that Wencel trap! ❤
This was a lovely outing, Shar. Thank you for explaining about the special canoers. I loved seeing the Eagle out there too. Thanks for taking me along, Beach Friend. See you next Sunday!! 🏖🐚❤
Thanks for coming to the beach with me!!
@@SWFBeachLife As often as you allow, I'll be there, sweet beach friend. 🏖❤
Dear Sharmon,
Who would have thought that Bunche beach had so many different gorgeous shells! That wentletrap is gorgeous!😍
And I love all the tiny shells.
It maybe took some more effort, but all the shells are stunning! I'm glad you kept the damaged ones. Think they are great for crafting.
Thank you for taking us with you on your adventures! Can't wait to see where you will bring us next week!
I hope you have a fantastic week! Sending love and hugs, xoxo ❤, Ilona
I should really go to Bunche more often. It's nice to mix it up and find completely different specimens. I do hope I can figure out Lighthouse Beach for the wentletraps again. Since the hurricane I've lost my groove but I think I'm going to try again soon! Plus I have my gloves, so the bugs won't get me on my hands either!!
Awesome walk on the beach, AND finding that new/different Wentletrap--how cool is that! Beautiful beach, thank you!
The brown banded Wentletrap! OMG!!!!! So excited for you! I swear that gaudi nautica has a little shape of Texas chipped into it! 😂 Maybe I was seeing it from a weird angle, but I see enough Texas shaped things to know it when I see it! Maybe it’s thinking about the Texas coast right now, but thankfully Beryl has not been as bad as we thought it could be. My parents are getting hammered with some rain and wind, but they are safe and have everything they need.
I have heard the flooding might be a real concern, so I hope your parents stay safe. I love Florida. I dislike Hurricane Season.
Helli, Sharmon, so glad to go along to Bunche Beach!
Wow, what a lot of interesting tiny shells! Some of them I've never seen before! Kind of makes you think how many tiny shells people overlook in favor of the big, showy shells!
I'm so glad you're having a fun beach day!
It does my landlocked heart good to see you and hear the joy in your voice, dear friend. Until I can get there, I' ll see you in my beachy dreams.
Much love to you and many thanks for keeping my beach tank full of sea, sand and shells!
M
I think there is a "natural progression" us shellers go through. First, we all want the big horse conch or lightning whelks. That's all the matters - the big ones. Then the allure of only looking for big shells dissipates and the smaller shells become more "attractive." Then comes the teeny tiny shells, not to mention the "weirdos" like albinos or freak shells. I love them all and I'm thrilled that there is still so much to learn!!!
Great finds considering it's summer.
Thank you for another great beach walk. Beautiful crown conchs.
Hi Sharmon just pop on and there you are At The Beach❤😊
Some cool shells this time. As always beautiful scenery.
Thank you ! Has been Forever since I shelled at Bunchee !! Brought back great memories !
Watching you while the generator is going outside.
Houston says Hi as we clean up from Beryl!
I hope you aren't too soggy! I'm glad it wasn't worse! 🙏🏼
So jealous of the crown I looked so hard the last time I was there. But happy for you.
Your videos are actually so helpful for learning shell names and stuff like that so thanks!! I love the videos a lot they’ve helped me learn a lot!
I'm so glad!
Thank You for your. I’m amazed at how much you found ! Just Lovely…
Thank you Sharmon❤ great haul 😊😊
Thanks for watching!
Congratulations on the wental trap🤩🤩🤩💖💖good trip
Thank you!!! 💜
What fun finds this week. Augers and similar shells always have crabbies living in them where I live so i don’t tend to pick them up. It seems they are not as interested over there.
The crabs here love the augers too. If I find them in the water I have to be extra careful there are no hitchhikers.
So glad you got that brown-band WT! I found a couple some years back in SC along with a couple of the white species-it seems every year is a different shell. That year was wentletraps. This year baby’s ears. Knobbed whelks, sand dollars, and lettered olives have had their years too. I find the cycles of shells so interesting. Looking forward to next week’s walk!
If there is a wentletrap/baby ear year, please let me know!!! I have been really interested in trying shelling in the Carolinas!
@@SWFBeachLife I found a lot of baby ear shells at Holden Beach in NC. Unlike FL, I found quite a variety of colors which I assume was from the mineral composition of the sand. For Christmas our kids got us nights at a hotel so we could stop there when we head down to FL again in October. Hoping to find an Eastern Murex this year.
@@Bev-c8k I would faint to see one of those giant murex shells on the beach. It’s so funny what is common to me is exotic to others. Good luck with that murex!
Congratulations on the Brown Band Wentletrap! Love the minis, they are so beautiful, but they do require focus and good eyesight to find them. Great walk on the beach!
I think I need beach reader glasses 😂
@@SWFBeachLife lol
Nice beach walk and you got some really nice shells too
Lovely! And educational thank you!
I seriously don't even know if I could see those tiny things! Good job!
I am getting cataract surgery soon and hope by next winter, I can see the tinies better. However, I may just need to train myself to see them like I did years ago when I first started looking for shark teeth. 😁
Such a pretty beach area! Congrats on the wentletrap! I found a Brown Banded Wentletrap too just last month at Melbourne Beach! I was stooping down to pick up another shell and noticed the perfect circle aperture and was like YES!!!! Finally! My 1st wentletrap; I was so excited. Super tiny too. Beautiful crown to take home!!!!! Under/near the causeways in Melbourne, FL you can find those crowns along the Indian River too. Happy shelling!
Yay on your first wentletrap! I feel like that first one is the hardest to find. I’d love to explore along the Indian River. I’m one class away from being a FL Master Natutalist and I just love exploring Florida!!
Happy shelling to you too!!
Those crown conchs are awesome!! That was a fun walk!! Hope new venture is going good. Have a great week and see you Sunday! XOXO
I got to meet 2 subscribers and I have 2 more walks scheduled for next week. I hope the weather cooperates!!
Beautiful shells ❤
Wow amazing, for not a beach that has shells you did great finding those treasures! Last week 7 crowns and this week 3 Wowser. Happy for your finds and all the education ❤
Another interesting and calming video. Thank you. Here in northern Kentucky I do not have beaches to scout. However, I am an avid gardener and find numerous fossils. Once upon a time this area was an ancient aquatic seabed. Organic skeletal remains clearly present themselves in rocky sediment. I have discovered many intact braciopods (Kentucky's state fossil). Traces of another geological age is quite thrilling. Some of my fossils are so fascinating I display them in my home.
This is awesome! I think us “hunters” all share that passion to see what we can find. I’ve found a few shell fossils and I know you can go fossil hunting in some areas here in Florida.
I went to try to learn how to find live land snails here in FL. We didn’t get to see any that day, but we found tons of tiny shells. The hunt is so rewarding!
I was just there this morning! Didn’t find too much but there were a few that were occupied that I was excited to find. Of course I carefully put them back in the water.
Bunche is great. You might not find any great shells, but there are so many other things to appreciate over there 😄
Love these videos. Looking forward to getting back to the SWF area!!
ooooohhh lots of new varieties!
Bunche is looking better to me than before Ian. The crown conchs are gorgeous finds. Seeing the photographers made me wonder if they were photographing the rosette spoonbills I have seen near the bridge as you drive into the beach area. Thanks for all you do to teach us about the variety of shells on our Florida beaches!
Bunche is so great and there are so many birds that stop by to feed. We had some flamingos a few months back!
@@SWFBeachLife yes! We saw the one remaining flamingo while on an Adventure in Paradise shelling trip out to Cayo Costa. What a beautiful place( loved your videos from there)! We are now Florida residents and because of your videos, I take many others who visit us on wonderful beach adventures. Thank You!
@@paulagloe4841 Happy beachcombing!
We really enjoy Bunch Beach for tiny shells too. Great finds in this video! Thanks for sharing.
Lots of lovely critters just hanging about. Pretty place, so natural. Lovely video, hugs and stay safe xx
Bunche is such a great place to explore. Funny that I can find the critters no problem but those shells were hiding! I owe you an email!! ❤️
@@SWFBeachLife you do but I guessed you were pretty busy so dont stress over it😁 xx
GORGEOUS Crown Conch Sharman ❤
So beautiful
Congrats on the brown banded wentletrap! Took me years until I found my first one, they're pretty hard to find in SWFL, though I found a lot of them in NC. That's something I've done too, find a neat mini shell and not realize it until I was editing the video. Happy shelling!
My heart dropped when I saw that shell on screen. Then I went out and couldn't find it. I checked the footage again and I just knew I kept it. I'm glad I use a really good shell bag so it was still in there! Thank you for watching A!
Beautiful shells and views, as always. Nice pink band! I'm very jealous of those moon snails. We are pivoting, supposed to be on AMI later this week, but was sure our flight would be cancelled, so rescheduled to the east coast. Fingers crossed that we can make it there. Our trip is SO not what is important right now. Stay safe!
I'm not even thinking about shells right now. These hurricanes can really take the joy out of living by the beach!
fun to see thank you so much.
So happy you found a yellow/Morton's egg cockle! One time I came across a whole bunch of those in a spot. Love them!!❤️ Wow! A bald eagle still in FL??! Ours left a couple of months ago... This shell nerd friend thinks that actually might've been a yellow egg cockle. Some are shaped like that. What other answers did you get? Beautiful crowns! Thanks Sharmon! xxoo
Whaaa? The egg cockled can be SHAPED differently? I give up 🤣 No one else has offered any answers yet.
Yes, we have bald eagles all year down here as far as I know. Lots of fish to steal from other birds LOL!
The nasa's are so cute. And that crab, too funny. lol. Can they drop off dragon fly's on Ft. Myers & Sanibel? lol. Those crabs looked like they were dancing. lol. I had the same problem with that I'm subscribed but not getting notifications. But I know you do this on Sunday so I go to your page. :)
I wish mosquitos ate noseeums!!!
Thanks for letting me know about your subscription.
Hello. Good Evening 🐚🐚Happy Shelling Sunday 🐚🐚
I think the living lightning whelk was actually a very large crown conch with the spikes!
Great stuff🥰🐚
Thank you!
Yay for another tinies video! I would've plopped my butt down & scoured the beach for hours. That one crown conch is SO SPIKY and I love it. :D Definitely putting Bunche Beach on my list if I ever get to Florida.
I have a little project I need little shells for - I'll definitely be hitting this beach again!
Love your videos!!!
Thank you!!
The only wentletrap that I ever found was one that snuck in my bag via another shell! I only discovered it when sorting my shells!
That is awesome!!! 😂
Making me want to go double check my tiny pointy shells for wentzel traps. I have a few that I don’t know what they are and I don’t think they are ladder horns. I thought they may be beach worn or damaged wentzel traps. 🤷♀️Awesome to get some identification on some new tiny shells in this video. The true tulips tho? How surprising! Thank you!
I had to check my shells TWICE before I found that little beauty. It almost got away :-) I was quite surprised to see that true tulip too!
Dragonfly’s and Butterflies are my 2 favorite insects.
Ladybugs used to be a part of that until I moved to the Carolinas and my neighbors window was covered with ladybugs and it stunk so bad.
very nice video
Thank you!
I wonder if there is some kind of art or craft that can be created with less then perfect shells that would still showcase their beauty.
Absolutely! There is a particular craft I'd like to make using only very worn beach shells.
Early lol btw love ur videos! ❤
Yay! Thank you!
I’m watching your latest video and you mentioned Special Olympics. They were probably getting ready for Surfers for Autism
Amazing beach walk! I love the minis. When you are shelling on the south end of Fort Myers Beach is that the Matanzas Bridge that we see in the background? Thanks
No, the Mantanzas Bridge can be seen from Bunche Beach and the North end of Fort Myers. The bridge at the bottom of South Fort Myers Bridge goes over Carlos Pass.
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I loved the brown band wentletrap!! What a find! (I've found one wentletrap...in France!)
Do all crown conches have the little spikes going down to the narrow end and they just get worn off, or do they just not all have them? One of the ones you found had some.
I loved the little Morton's egg cockle...a darling!!
You have a good eye! Not all of the crown conchs will get that second row of spikes. Some just don't grow them. Others have them but they are small and then others will have a glorious second row. Plus the direction of the spikes can differ too. I've seen them from other areas and the spikes tend to go straight up, whereas the ones I find, the spikes grow at an angle. It's all fascinating. Oh to go shelling in France!!!!
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you for the information on the crown conches. I've only seen the ones you've picked up and featured in your videos. But I remember one that had spikes that were hooked on the ends! That one was glorious!!
(I'm leaving on the 21st to go to France for 3 months...I'm going to 6 of the Olympics events! And hopefully I'll be able to get up to the coast again, too! That's where I found the wentletrap and found 3 "sea potatoes" - which I'd never even heard of before - but only one made it home in one piece. )
@@jantaylor2034 What an adventure! I hope you have an amazing time! Go USA 🇺🇸
Hope that little crabby doesn't get stepped on!😮 Reminds me of the crabs in Finding Nemo!😅
Those crabs in Nemo were such stinkers! Nigel took care of them though 🤣 I love that movie!
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What books woukd you recommend? We had one in my place of retail. But it was drawings of the shells. And while I'm happy they have it. I would rather have real photos!
This book, hands down, is like my "Beach Bible" amzn.to/3aqkmO0
Then this one came in handy for the bivalves: amzn.to/3G8ngWo
The other books aren't as helpful as you need to know what location the shells are from to kind of figure out what species it is.
@@SWFBeachLife thanks for the recommendations!
P.S. Wentletrap! I love me some Wentletrap! 😅
SAME!!!
What is your bleach solution, please? How long do they stay soaking?
These crown conks are totally gorgeous!!
I use 100% bleach for about 24 hours.
What kind of shell bag do you use?
I use a bag from SWFL Shell Guide: www.swflshellguide.com/product-page/shelling-bag-seashells-of-swfl-round-mesh
It even saved my little wentletrap!!!
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And transform 📷
After many, many of your episodes, I decided to do more research on gastropods and sea snails. I was curious about the animal inside and how they made their shell . I found a RUclips channel where the really sweet creator shows and explains how the animals work and what they look like on the inside of their shells. He makes it all easy to understand by using great visuals, models and a soft voice. He’s videos would be excellent for children. I’m not trying to divert Sharmin’s viewers to other channels, but thought I’d share the channel for my fellow gastropod lovers. Here’s the channel name: Odd Animal Specimens
I just subscribed to that other channel! There is plenty of time/room for learning!
Hope you waited to keep going n after the eagle left
Nasa after NASA? How do these get named?
Nassa, but I don't know how it got its name.
Nassa is the name and I’d love to know how it got its name too!
Do you ever find any empty Periwinkles?
I do from time to time but they are SO delicate it's quite hard to find them unbroken.
@@SWFBeachLife Thanks for replying! Btw, you’re awesome! I wish I could express how much your beach visits feed my soul. I grew up on Huntington Beach CA and I’ve been landlocked in the Dallas area for the last 43 years. Ugh! When we retire I want to relocate near a beautiful beach.
2:20 I watch every episode you create 2-3 times. My husband thinks I’m obsessive, but I catch him watching your show! We’re planning a trip to the Ft. Myers area for next winter or spring. Hubby just bought a water proof backpack for the beach - ha, ha! We’ll definitely be taking a SWFL Beach Tour with your friend.
Many, many thanks for your channel!
@@lorii7556 This warms my heart! I know if I lived here and had to move away I’d be devastated. I’m so happy you enjoy my beach trips as much as I do!! ❤️
Hello where exactly is Bunch Beach!
Fort Myers, Florida 🌴🌊
She shows an aerial photo at about 19:00 that shows its placement relative to Sanibel and Fort Myers.
You may say you're a local but you're probably a northerner
Sorry, but I'm extremely turned off by your $275 fee ... for beach walk???? Jesus!
Not cool
Thanks for the feedback! 😉
have you ever found fossilised shells?
I have! I have one that is a cancellaria plagiostoma - it's over 2 million years old!
@@SWFBeachLife Wow that is sO cool! Was that just on a beach somewhere? :O
@@lisak5133 It was in Fort Myers Beach. We actually have fossils all over the place. Mostly in parking lots where old shells are used instead of gravel. We don’t have many rocks down here - just limestone!
@@SWFBeachLife Oh wow that is so cool! Thank you Sharmon!