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Last week I went to a doctor appointment in Naples, and on my way home I happened to pass a newly excavated pile which contained oysters large enough to be seen from the road I was driving on. The site had just started, ( in fact two days later the pile was gone) so I parked nearby and walked along the outside edge. I am glad I did. I found 5 kinds of pectens or chlamys. The two I have laid out are Nodipecten Collierensis, and Euvola Hemicyclia....three complete bi valves of each. Now I just have to figure out how to lay them out in a ryker box. Fossil hunters, take advantage of those new piles...glad south Florida is in another building boom. But I also feel terrible about all the cool things that are being destroyed, covered over by concrete...and it is unusual for a construction site to allow collecting...At this site, the boss happened to be there, and allowed me to walk it in the rain..."my guys can't work in the rain, so you may as well check it out, just this once" he said. Was I fortunate or what?