Great Peconic Bay, Long Island, NY - June 2014

Sunrise over the Great Peconic Bay

Laurel, NY, Long Island

Great Peconic Bay Sunrise

Great Peconic Bay

Jellyfish caught in the sand at low tide

Very tiny Beach Hopper, Amphipod, in my hand, sometimes called a sand flea but it does not bite humans. You can see just how tiny it is by the size of my hand print ridges! They were hopping all over the beach just above the tide line. More on the Beach Hopper.

Large white ridged shell is called a False Angle Wing.

Another False Angle Wing Shell along with Slipper Shells, Ocean Crab Shell and Red Seaweeds.

Broken Whelk and Common Razor Clam with some Slipper Shells.

Red and Green Sea weeds

More on the Soft-shelled Clam

Common Atlantic Slipper Snails & Shells, Jingle Shells and a few Atlantic Bay Scallops

Along with numerous Slipper & Jingle Shells is this Stout Tagelus

More on the Common Razor Clam

Found two Sea Robins left on the shore to die. This one was stabbed through its body. Sea Robins are aggressive and will interfere with people fishing for other fish like Stripped Bass or Blue Fish and are consider junk fish.

More on the Eastern Mud Snail

This Whelk Egg Case is that of the Knobbed Whelk. More on the Knobbed Whelk Egg Case

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