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If you read the text from the first video in this series, you can skip this one. Same, same.

Yeah, I know it's kind of overkill to create three videos of this, but the heavy machinery produced such an interesting contrast with the beach, that I just found it all mesmerizing. And I just couldn't fit all the neat video, to me anyway, in a single video here. Besides, I took the videos in 4K, so what is not to like here? Heavy machinery and a beautiful beach!

Anyway, these videos were taken mid May, 2017.
This was just a lucky stroke for us. Planned on staying on Sanibel Island near Bowman Beach, and didn't know a thing about this dredging going on. When we got down there, the outflow for the dredging operation was dumping sand and shells (LOTS of shells!) on the west part of Bowman Beach. Talk about a bonanza!

Video #3 has some still photos of just some of the shells we found while I happened to have my camera in hand. Which I didn't do very often, because rain storms popped up without warning on many of the days we were there.

Of course there was a downside to this. The dredging really messed up the water for a while, and I didn't get to do nearly as much snorkeling as I had hoped. Which is probably just as well, because I just might have gotten sick of picking up shells sooner or later. Did I mention that there were a LOT of shells there?

If you read the text from the first video in this series, you can skip this one. Same, same.

Yeah, I know it's kind of overkill to create three videos of this, but the heavy machinery produced such an interesting contrast with the beach, that I just found it all mesmerizing. And I just couldn't fit all the neat video, to me anyway, in a single video here. Besides, I took the videos in 4K, so what is not to like here? Heavy machinery and a beautiful beach!

Anyway, these videos were taken mid May, 2017.
This was just a lucky stroke for us. Planned on staying on Sanibel Island near Bowman Beach, and didn't know a thing about this dredging going on. When we got down there, the outflow for the dredging operation was dumping sand and shells (LOTS of shells!) on the west part of Bowman Beach. Talk about a bonanza!

This video has some still photos of just some of the shells we found while I happened to have my camera in hand. Which I didn't do very often, because rain storms popped up without warning on many of the days we were there.

Of course there was a downside to this. The dredging really messed up the water for a while, and I didn't get to do nearly as much snorkeling as I had hoped. Which is probably just as well, because I just might have gotten sick of picking up shells sooner or later. Did I mention that there were a LOT of shells there?

The security cameras I am testing out caught images of a bear prowling around on the property again last night. Haven't seen any damage to the bird feeders this time, however.

Found this critter laying on a sandy road in the Apalachicola National Forest just sunning himself. Tried to get him to open his mouth in threat display, but he wasn't having any.

Video was taken using a Samsung Galaxy S8+ smart phone. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten this video at all.

Well, out of all the critters I would have expected to be harassing my watermelon plantings, I have to admit that foxes would have been way down at the bottom of the list. I hope they don't find the other mounds. :( I have NO idea what they find so interesting there.