Beach combing on Great South Bay, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. A couple of ladies are scouring the little beach that runs alongside the fishing pier near Lombardi’s in Patchogue Village. They should only know what they are missing! Come to Sanibel, ladies…
Squatter’s eye view from the footbridge, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. We’re in the village of Patchogue, down by the bGreat South Bay. We are going fishing but first we need to go on the swings…
Crossing the marsh at Sunken Meadow, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. A good friend lives quite close to a foot path that leads into Sunken Meadow Park. there’s a bridge that crosses a sort of a bayou that dumps into a large marshy area to the west, which is the direction this photo faces, and the Nissequogue River to the east.
Sunken Meadow Park, Lomg Island, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. We’re standing at the west end of the boardwalk on the beach at Sunken Meadow Park on Long Island. The beach is flanked by bluffs to the east and west; this one, I believe, is Callahan’s. The bluff to the east (not pictured) is at the end of Old Dock Road.
On Sanibel we go shelling. BUT -, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. - on Long Island’s north shore, we go rocking I wanted some stones I could stack on my desk in a Zen-like manner, so I went to Sunken Meadow State Park and found all these candidates. There were also some slipper shells, jingle shells, muscles, oysters, an inhabited moon snail that might have been dead but I gave it a second chance,...
© Copyright 2011 | http://MyMobileAdventures.com | CLICK any photo for a larger view Directly after we finished up with the Field Trip On Estero Bay, we all got into our cars and drove down to Lover’s Key State Park for some more nature geek fun. First we all congregated in a shady area, settled in at picnic benches and ate our bag lunches. Then we proceeded down the path to the beach to go...
© Copyright 2011 | http://MyMobileAdventures.com | CLICK any photo for a larger view Here’s some bonus footage from the my field trip on Estero Bay with the Florida Master Naturalist program here in Lee County, Florida. One of our classmates made up a song about the joys of Estero Bay and the dolphins seemed to love it. They ended up chasing our boat for a few minutes, leaping in and out of the wake...
"Algiers" beach on Sanibel Island, originally uploaded by Erin *~*~*. Very hot day in Southewest Florida but there’s an awesome sea breeze here at the beach. Really no shells to speak of.
© Copyright 2011 | http://MyMobileAdventures.com | CLICK any photo for a larger view Today we’re continuing our exploration of wildlife and habitats in Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve with my Florida Master Naturalist class (Coastal Systems module). As mentioned in my previous post, Estero Bay is very shallow. Sunlight penetration allows for the growth of sea grasses (they’re green, they need sunlight for photosynthesis), and sea grasses provide an excellent nursery for marine life, which...
