Bonanza!

Went to the beach yesterday ( Friday) for the first time since Chrsitmas. It was very cold, very windy, and I came back with frozen fingers, but it was worth it.
The beach at Isle of Palms has been full of dead starfish at low and mid tide. There are sections of the beach around 20 feet long and 5 feet wide that are covered in these two types of starfish. The greyish ones are called Grey Sea Stars and the orangish ones are Common Sea Stars In with all of the starfish are small whelks, moon snails, and sea urchin tests.
The beach also has hundreds of bivalves called Incongruous Ark. They are in the sand with the hinge nestled down in to the sand and the shells open with the "critters" gone. The sea gulls, sandpipers, and black birds are not flying much right now. They are into a waddle from such a beach feast!