We had a great time yesterday at Cleveland Beach with Dawn and the kids. We had been interested in visiting since reading her post on Mud Puddles.
We haven’t gone hermit crab searching in years and it was super fun. Plus, F found eighteen starfish!
One of the starfish got flipped over which allowed me to take a short video of its underside.
Starfish flip!
The boys are adding sand for the green crab to borrow under.
It’s cool to watch the starfish move! The tinkling sounds are the hermit crabs moving round – Dawn said that no matter what way you turn the container they will always go to the side facing the water. Creatures are amazing! The end of this video shows the green crab burrowing into the sand.
Love snails and barnacles.
We found what looked like a little tiny tower of sand with a hole in it under the water. Upon removing part of the tower we noticed that the structure didn’t fall apart in our hands but was relatively strong. The hole was the perfect size for a water worm, which Dawn found with a bit of digging. They look quite ancient to me, perhaps a species as old as the dinos!
We had a great time at Cleveland Beach and will certainly be back again!
Goodness, my little man would love this! I have just added to our list of places to visit. Thanks for sharing.
That looks like an awesome discovery-type beach!
Yay! It was so fun to share one of our very favorite places with you guys!
Love the video of the crab burrowing down. That turned out great.
Kim & Alex, We would love to share with you & your kiddos! What fun would it be for us all to meet up in NS!!
Yes, great idea! 🙂