Florida Beach Walk; Sea Shell Hunting at Low Tide. Shells, Critters, Birds and Beachy Goodness!
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Take a Florida beach walk with me! I'll identify all the shells we find,we will see a few live critters and discover what low-tide at Fort Myers Beach, Florida provided me on this particular morning.
Shelling at a Gulf Coast Florida Beach seems to always provide me with something interesting to find or take a closer look at. I've learned so many things since moving here and I am having a great time sharing all the goodies I find along the way.
I encourage you to take a Florida beach walk with me and let's find some beachy goodness together.
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I really appreciate your voice over instead of trying to talk as you go and compete with the background noise. Plus I’m sure it’s just nicer for the others on the beach, great job.
Well thank you so much! I'm lucky that I started making videos before I started shelling so I had some editing knowledge before I started my channel. I appreciate you noticing :) And of course I appreciate you watching! Happy New Year!
Wow what a haul, thanks for letting me come along!
Thanks for coming along with me!! Hope you have a great week!
Thank you so much again for a lovely trip on the beach. You had a lot of nice findings to day 🐚🐚🐚💖
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for coming along with me!
This is fantastic! I can't believe all the cones. That dark lightning whelk is to die for.
That lightning whelk was a gem of a find! And all those cones - crazy! Thank you so much for coming along with me!
Great finds this time. It was a great shelling day for ya. Thanks for another video
Thanks for coming along with me! Cool channel logo ;)
Thanks for sharing these virtual seashell videos! It’s a joy to watch! Especially when I’m far far away from the sea!!
I'm glad you like them! I thoroughly love sharing my beach adventures! Thank you for watching!
Great shell haul. I loved the color of the rose colored shell.
Thank you so much for watching!
I enjoy so very much watching you hunting for shells. I envy you. What a beautiful, relaxing way to spend your day. Love, love, love your videos!❤️❤️
The beach walks are better than meditating! I love it! I'm so happy I can share my walks and bring you along with me! Happy almost New Year!
What a great day for Olives and Nutmegs! Thanks for sharing your adventure!!
Turned out to be a pretty good day indeed! Thank you for coming along with me Carol! xoxo
Love love love this walk...drooling over all the finds! Sigh for the pair of cockles left behind!!! Cant wait for next week!
All those cones! Thanks for coming along with me!
Now this was a great day!! All the different shells were beautiful , especially one of my favourites, the button shell. They remind me of a button from the 50’s.
Thank you that was great!!😊🐬
You are so very welcome!
I just love your videos, I can’t wait to see are your beautiful shells from week to week. Thank You for always taking us along. ❤️
Thanks for always coming along with me! I have such a great time putting my walks together to share. I hope you have a very Happy New Year!
Wow that dark lightning Welk is spectacular!!! Never saw one so dark. A very nice beach haul... oh what fun! 🤩
Wasn't that lightning whelk beautiful? It was fun - thank you so much for coming along with me!
I love your videos...I love the beach and shells...I want to go down there and go on the beach...but until I get there....you make me feel like I'm there...keep showing these videos...I love them!
I'm glad I can get you to the beach anytime you like! Thanks for coming along with me!
Thanks for the great video! That's a lot of nutmegs. Also a very nice lightning whelk, can't believe how dark it is, even on the inside. Rough scallop and the one alphabet cone are also outstanding. Seems shelling is really picking up, can't believe how many univalves I saw just rolling when you were walking through the water. I don't envy you braving it through the water with how cold I heard it was down there this week. Probably no one else wanted to go into the water so had your pick of everything!
I am not a fan of the cold for sure but as long as the morning is at least in the 60s I can manage :) You'd be surprised how many other people go out and brave the weather. They're as crazy as I am - LOL! Thanks for coming along with me on my beach walks!
I found your channel a couple of weeks ago. I love shells
Welcome to my channel! If you love shells you've come to the right place. I always identify them so eventually you'll get to learn all the shells too!
Wow what at beautiful lighting Welk those black lines 😮
I found your channel about a month ago. I love it! I'm especially fond of the nutmeg shell. Also, you voice is very soothing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Whoops...love the keyhole limpets...one of my favorites...your dark lightning whelk was beautiful and the lighter one also...nutmegs r so colorful.. shells r so special...amazing what those little animals can create....
It is amazing what these little snails can create! I'm very lucky to live where I do, so I can share my beach walks and the treasures I find with others. Thank you for watching and all your support!
I am a native Floridian and thanks to SWF Beach Life have gained a new appreciation for shells and Florida beaches.
What a compliment! I have always loved Florida. It meant sunshine and warmth and palm trees. After our trip to Key Largo there was no turning back - we wanted to live near a beach in Florida. I guess mission accomplished! Thanks for coming along with me on my walks!
Love your videos! Always excited when a new one comes out, thank you!
You are so very welcome - thank you for coming along with me!!
Omg, that beautiful dark lighting welk is just gorgeous!! I Can only hope and pray my next beach adventure that I find such an amazing variety of shells like yours this day!! I've never found a Limpet or a nutmeg. But it's funny back in 1995 I also found several cone shells. Well, at least I now know the names thanks to you! So thank you again for the shell identification!!😁❤️
You are so very welcome! I hope you have great shelling luck the next time you hit the beach!
Awesome shelling today! When we come down again, I'm sure we'll go to Honeymoon Island again. Love it there!
I'll be heading up to Honeymoon Island in the next few months. Can't wait to explore some new beaches! Thank you for watching!
Love your videos. I forward them to my daughter so she gets an idea what we will be doing in March when we get there! So for christmas she got me 2 shelling books and 2 shell baskets for collecting. lol, I am ready! 💜
Let the countdown begin! March will be here before you know it. I hope you find lots and lots of amazing goodies while you're here. The books should help if you find something and you don't know what it is. Well, they help me anyway. Hope you have fun planning your trip! Thank you for watching!
That dark welk’s edge reminds me of a butterfly wing 😍🦋
Wasn’t that pretty? I love the coquinas - now those look like little butterflies ❤️ Thank you for watching!
We are vacationing in Venice Beach this week and we were so happy to find all of the different shells we see on your videos. Thanks for the amazing education.
You are so very welcome! I'm glad I was able to help! Hope you have a great time in Venice!
It’s cone day! Wow! Yay… good finds
I love me some good cones!! Thanks for watching!
That was really nice of you to give that banded tulip to that woman! It might have been her first time!
Exactly! Plus I still got to find it and share it, I just don't need to keep it :) Share the beach goodness right? Thanks for watching!!
Thank for sharing beach adventures👍 God Bless
It's truly my pleasure - thank you so much for watching!
Loved your pretty assortment of shells....love
Thanks for coming along Janet!
so... many... olives.... i love them so much haha
great finds this week! hope you had a wonderful holiday :)
Yeah...I'm a sucker for olives! Hope you had a wonderful holiday too!
The larger scallop is gorgeous! Nice haul!
It was fun as always! Thanks for watching Andrea!
I am really glad I found your Chanel.. we have been coming to Ft MyersBeach since the early 70s. Definitely our favorite beach! Oh the shells we have found! It is always exciting to go out on the hunt for the day!! Thanks for showing the land and buildings every now and then.. I like to know which part of the beach you are on! I have not been in the last couple of years so your Chanel has made me very happy these last few days... keep it up!😍💕 Happy New Year!
I'm glad you found my channel too!! Fort Myers Beach was the beach we fell in love with and ultimately became our "home base" beach. We love it there too! The north end with all the activity and the south end being much more quiet and family friendly. It has so much to offer! I'll try to remember to include some of the buildings in upcoming videos for you :) Thank you so much for watching and Happy New Year to you too!
Wow! That really dark whelk is amazing!!! Thanks for taking us to the beach. 🐚🐚🐚
Wasn't that shell crazy pretty? Thanks so much for coming along with me!
Those were some wonderful shells and so many of them
It was a fantastic cone/nutmeg day for sure! xoxo
I've learned a great deal since I just very recently found your channel and have checked all your videos since the beginning...so THANK YOU for that...but can't help feel envious though seeing you pick such gorgeous shells...but what I mostly enjoy in your videos is when you suddenly come up with your laugh, chuckle, giggle?...it's great...so genuine...happy new year form Benalmádena, Spain🤙
Hello Spain!! I'm so glad you're learning along with me and I still have so much to learn! I am VERY lucky to live where I do and that I get to visit all the beaches that I do. It's a wonderful place to live. Thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment and thank you for watching my beach walks!
@@SWFBeachLife...definitely very lucky...warm water, big tides makes a HUGE difference...looking forward to your next video✨😍
Those nutmegs are so cute!
Great shells! Love those gaudy naticas also. You find quite a few of them. It really was cone day! Had to laugh at the "prune fingers" - you had your hands in the water a LOT! Beautiful crown conch halfway through. Beautiful pink calico scallop with white stripes! Really cool dark whelk! The spiny jewelboxes are like the ones at Lido - really spiny. That scallop on the left looked like an awesome rough scallop? Thanks again!
I get so pruny sometimes! There's no getting around it. Did you know our fingers prune so we can grip things better when our hands our wet? I'm such a nerd! It was a fabulous cone day! Not what I expected but I'll take it. I feel like I would just go out last December and find all sorts of stuff. It's been a bit slow still but at least I'm finding something to share! I need a good winter storm to blow through! Happy almost New Year!
I am so glad that I found your channel. With so many vacation plans cancelled I feel like I am right there at the beach with your videos. We booked a trip to Miami for March. We have cruised many times from Miami but have never taken the time to visit until now. Hopefully everything during the trips happens because we booked a sunset boat tour of Miami and an Art Deco tour of South Beach.
Well if you're ever missing the beach, just head on over to my channel! I bet your tours will be lovely and you'll gain a new appreciation for the area. I hope you have a wonderful time and you have fun planning. Thanks so much for watching my beach walks!
Revisiting some oldies but goodies ( that would include every video you put out) just have to say I can’t believe how many nutmegs and cones you are finding! Love those shells!
Oh that's an old one - I can tell by the thumbnail. I've been having myself a good ol' time out on the beach for a while now!
Great day at the beach
Indeed! Thanks for coming along with me!
I love love LOVE your videos!!! Never stop!😜😜
Thank you so much!!!
Your videos always make for such a good start of my day. Thanks for yet another gem! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and that 2021 will treat you with love, kindness and lots of gorgeous treasures :-)
Thank you so much! I love taking my beach walks and sharing them here on CZcams and it gives me such joy knowing I can bring a little bit of happiness to others. I hope you too had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you nothing but awesomeness in 2021! Thank you for your support!
Another great video. Ty for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it - thank you for coming along with me!
You sure were finding some pretty nice colored Olive shells there. So neat to find big sand dollars. I think my favorite is the nutmeg and Florida fighting (?) Conk. Still learning the names. Such beautiful finds.
Well just keep watching my videos and you'll learn all your shells! The FFC (Florida Fighting Conch) is a fabulous favorite pick! They're everywhere, they're gorgeous and the little ones are so different than the mature ones. I love learning new things so anytime I find something that I don't know what it is I do some research to figure it out. Thanks for coming along with me on my beach walk!
Really enjoy watching and learning from your channel! 💙 I believe viewers would absolutely LOVE some live narration While you are looking and walking!😃 The live water sound is nice and to hear your natural reactions and descriptions while "on the hunt" would be a Super enjoyable plus! - Of course, that's just a suggestion, but have thought about it from time to time while watching with anticipation of your next find! 👍👍💙 Happy Hunting, best wishes, and (almost) "Happy Near Year!!😄
Funny you should mention me narrating live - in this Sunday's video I do share my reaction to one find because I thought it was funny. I'll keep that in mind if it's not too windy and try to get some "live" reactions! Thank you so much for watching and learning along with me! Happy almost New Year to you too!
@@SWFBeachLife oh Good! 🙂 looking forward to it!
Hello and have a safe 2021. My favorite seashell was the Giant Cockles. We go to NC and they are not as colorful there. I have all the seashells you pick up but I still love watching you find them. My collection is large from all over the world. Seashell collecting is my passion.
Wow, shells from all over the world. They must be gorgeous. I follow some social media accounts of people who have shells from other countries and they are spectacular. Soon as I win the lottery I'll do a shelling world tour - LOL! I enjoy watching other channels find shells too so you're not alone :) Thank you for watching my video!
wow on that lightning welk
Right? Thank you for watching!
So beautiful I love this
Thank you for an amazing year of shelling! Happy New Year 🥳
Happy New Year to you too! It has been an amazing year of shelling and can't wait to see what 2021 bring me! Happy New Year to you too!
Cone-a-palooza!!!!! Great video! Happy New Year 🎊 keep on shelling 🤗🐚🐚🐚🐚
I know - all those cones!!! Happy New Year to you too!
Thank you so much. Yes, indeed ... it was a cone day. Amazing finds including that spectacular whelk. I am a primarily a 2D artist. But, I do work with clay and have made some fun creatures. I took shells I bought online and made them appear to have a living creature in them. They turned out pretty cool. Thanks agian.
That sounds cool - making critters from clay for the shells. We have a (very small) kiln and I was just thinking last night what type of clay we would need to be fired to make bowls and plates. Making critters would be so much fun too! What a great idea! I'd love to see them.
@@SWFBeachLife ... I'm not sure I can help you identify what type of clay to use in your small kiln. Google up the your kiln's specifications to see if there is a clay product recommendation. I work with a air dry clay that I paint/seal. Hummingbirds are my specialty. Sorry, can't post a photo. Looking forward to your next video.
Wonderful!
Many thanks!
Hello from Ireland! Love the shells you find and the magnificent beaches there and the sounds, unfortunately if I tried to walk the beaches near me here these days, I'd be washed into the Atlantic!!!!
Hello Ireland! I think it's much safer just to watch my videos. I would hate to lose a subscriber to the Atlantic LOL! That being said, the coast of Ireland looks spectacular and would so love to visit one day :)
Great trip thanks🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💜💜
Thanks for coming with me!
My wife and I where in gulf shores Alabama November 8th for a week. We fell in love with shelling and she discovered you. We are addicted. Your videos are amazing. You do an awesome job. I call you the bob ross of shelling. We love your watch too. Could you share with me your watch and band? I would like to surprise her with one just like it. Thank you.
I too have wondered about your watch. It does well in the water.
The Bob Ross of shelling is awesome! I'll have to go find a Bob video and maybe get some pointers. My watch is actually a Fitbit. It's my second one (I killed the first one) and while it still works, the notifications don't work anymore, most likely because I continually submerge it in saltwater. The band is a band I bought on Amazon. I set myself up as an Amazon affiliate but have yet to do anything with it. If I find the time this week I'll add links to my website so you can see exactly what I have (assuming they still sell the bracelet). Thank you so much for coming along with me on my "happy" walks!
It's a Fitbit with a different band I bought on Amazon. I'll add links to my website soon as I find the time so you can see exactly what I wear! Thank you for watching my videos!
It’s been awhile, what a nice collection of shells. Hope you had a nice Christmas. The count down is on for us to arrive in Sanibell in January.
YAY! January is almost here! Hope you had a nice Christmas too. I'm very much looking forward to 2021! Happy planning and safe travels!
Such a pretty lightning whelk
Wasn't that crazy pretty? Thanks for coming with me Kat!
Wow you had a pretty good day out there! Not sure if you've visited Tarpon bay beach on Sanibel or not, but I definitely recommend it, I've had good shelling luck there in the past. And near there is where I found my first giant horse conch, as well as a lot of beat up big ones so perhaps that could be a good place to start for those giants!
I wish my parking pass was good over at Tarpon Bay - I try to stick to the beaches that the county sticker is accepted at since I'm usually on the beach quite a few hours the $ can add up! I tried Gulfside City after a storm and didn't find much so I revert back to the places where I normally go :) I will keep Tarpon Bay in mind though. Maybe one of these days I can afford to go where I want - LOL!
Good day
I enjoy how happy you get when you find a beautiful olive. I just found some spectacularly glossy purple dwarf olives recently when I went up near Pismo State Beach (actually went to a semi-secluded beach near the Dinosaur Caves) on New Years Day.
I went to hunt for sea glass, and got a few handfuls of mini pieces. I was even lucky enough to find a couple red pieces! Super rare. I also found a couple pieces of abalone shell, but managed to get gifted an abalone shell. One half, but a full half. Haha. I'll send you pictures when I get everything laid out.
Amazing video as always. It's good to see you enjoying your beaches!
Also, those nutmegs are gorgeous. Even the beat up ones with holes in them. ;) Imperfections are perfect. 🤗 Happy New Year, Sharmon!
Do you now why the red sea glass is rare? The color used to make it red is gold, thereby expensive, so it wasn't made very much! Coll right? Those purple dwarf olives are so stinking cute! And abalone? AMAZING! Half is better than nothing! Happy New Year to you too Corey! I hope 2021 is kind to us all!
@@SWFBeachLife I know! Sometimes Selenium is used for the pink glass which is also a neat tidbit of information in regards to color. I haven't found a pink piece yet, but maybe one day!
So, the red pieces of glass around here, from what I was told by my friend, is when old Model T's used to race around the bluffs near Shell Beach/Pismo Beach and the taillights would fall off the cliffs into the ocean sometimes. These races happened back in the 40s and 50s. It sounds plausible, so that just made me fall in love with those pieces even more!
I was never a history buff, in fact, I hated history. I always felt like the past is the past, and our future is what we should be looking towards. But recently, learning history through beachcombing is fascinating and I'm intrigued to further my history endeavors by finding old ghost towns around here and scavange around those to find some missing pieces of history. :)
@@cdecola That I didn’t know! Pretty cool! I hope you find some one of these days!
Nice cones lol
20 more days and I’ll be back ✈️🌴🐚
YAY!!! Bring on the sunshine! Hope the 20 days go quick!
I’m homesick
Nice haul ! I've never shelled Ft Myers Beach. Is it easy to find public parking ? Lovin my move to FL..so many beaches to explore. Your videos help a lot ! Thank you !
There is plenty of public beach access parking (all paid) on FMB. You'll want to park mid to South of the island as much as possible. I've never found anything great up on the North end of the island except one random baby's ear - which was a total fluke! Since I live in Lee County I've purchased a Lee County parking sticker ($60). This allows me to park at a few of the county beaches without having to pay the hourly fees. It's a great money saver if you're at the beaches all the time :) It won't cover ALL beaches, but enough to make it worth it!
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you very much !
Wow! That's a nice haul! You found quite a few gems there! Love your videos! Just a suggestion: I notice the volume of your narration is kind of low in relation to your opening music for most of your videos. This started since your November 1st video. Your older videos seem louder. On this particular video the volume started pretty low but at around 6:35 it got decently louder but dropped back down at 10:45. Just wondering if it's possible to make the volume of your narration a little louder in relation to your opening music. No biggie if you can't. Still love your videos.
I have been having the WORST technical issues but I think it's over. For the last 3 weeks I've had to edit and edit and edit the videos because of a flaw in the video and it's been a real struggle - that being said I absolutely can control all the volumes and moving forward everything should be the same audio level. Sorry about that and I VERY MUCH appreciate you pointing this out to me. I want my videos to be relaxing, not taxing! Thank you!!!
@@SWFBeachLife Thanks! I've always enjoy all your videos!
Wish we had such lovely shells , although I am lucky to find baltic Amber here sometimes .. , love the fact you know them all , I was wondering.. when do the conks fight?
I know they call these snails Florida Fighting Conchs, but they are actually quite docile. They are algae eaters and don't actually "fight" anyone. Sure, they may rumble with another snail when mating season comes around, but there are a lot of theories why they call them "fighting conchs" but no one really knows why. Great question! Thank you so much for watching!
Beach taco 😄
i love your channel. hopefully we can visit soon:)
I hope you can make it down here too one day. Thank you so much for coming with me on my beach walks!
I love the lace Mericks (sp?)
Murex - yes, those lacy shells can be so beautiful when they have all their lace!
Sometimes i find Angel wings too.
Aren't they pretty? I found over 70 of them after a hurricane passed by!
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That was a fun beach walk. Thank you. How long is a typical walk and do you find it hard to leave the beach after each visit? I’m keeping my fingers crossed that my canceled May 2020 SWF vacation will happen in May 2021. I’m in beach withdrawal and it is painful.
Ugh, beach withdrawal is the worst! A typical day is probably 3-1/2 to 4 hours of walking around on whatever beach we're on. If it's inclement weather (rain or cold) I'll just do as much as I can and probably only be out there for 2 hours or so. It used to be hard leaving the beach but I've become a bit spoiled and I know I will be back in a matter of days. No matter how many times I go, I always look forward to it! I hope your May 2021 vacation will happen too!
I hope you are ok after IAN
Whats the difference between a pear whelk and lighting whelk
Pear whelks are usually white and brown only and their aperture (opening) is on the right hand side of the shell. The lightning whelks are always left opening, and will usually have browns and tans and sometimes will have bumps along the top spirals. The pear whelks will have more of a just a swirly pattern. Next time I find these when I'm shelling I'll show you the difference!
What do you do if you happen to find a critter after you get the shell home?
It happened once! A little hermit crab had snuck way into the back of his shell and when I was rinsing the shells off when I got home he was discovered. I live about 12 minutes to the closest beach so I hopped in the car and drove him back to the beach. I am so careful about checking the shells but sometimes it happens!
You had 283 views one hour after posting the video. You have groupies!
I am a very lucky gal on many fronts! My subscribers are amazing!
OMG 😍💋 💝💖❤️