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Breakfast Catfish Tampa Bay Catfish

Sea Catfish for breakfast in Tampa Bay.


Anchovy BBQ Anchovy BBQ

Anchovy BBQ on Shell Key in Tampa Bay.


Abundant Whelks Whelks

Whelks are large mollusks that are abundant and easily scavenged from the shallow water in coastal areas. With the help of Euell Gibbons Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop, we figured out how to make several meals of them.
This is a left-handed whelk.


Harvesting the Whelk Whelk

Cracking the whelk shell.


Whelks Processing Whelk

Cracking the whelk shell.


Whelk Harvest Whelk

Twisting the meat out of the shell.


Whelk Processing Whelk

Tenderizing the whelk


Tanning Hides Tanning Hide

Young hide tanners cooperate to soften a buckskin by stretching it.


Winter Count Gathering Iguana

An iguana at the Winter Count gathering site.


Day Hike in Pima Canyon Day Hike

A day hike with Feral friends in Pima Canyon outside Tucson, AZ.


Lush Growth Lush Growth

A rainy winter gave us lush patches of Chickweed, Cleavers and Miners' Lettuce in Pima Canyon.