grew up in the Lowcountry and recalls the myth about breaking open a sand dollar to release the “doves,” five small pieces of jaw apparatus that resemble small birds. “It’s a sign of good ...

If you crack open a dead sand dollar, there will be a special surprise waiting inside: little white trinkets that look like birds. Some people call them sand dollar doves, Clements said.

Katchka’s strategy for finding subjects to photograph: Follow a group of birds feeding in the shallows and you might find their favorite delicacy, such as crabs, starfish and sand dollars.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of pieces of tar, some the size of sand dollars, were found on beaches along the Oregon Coast. This comes after reports of multiple birds covered in a tar-like ...

Her sand dollar measured 6.49 inches in diameter ... Pigeon pandemonium erupted on a Delta flight from Minnesota to Wisconsin when two birds took flight in the passenger cabin.

Years ago, folk called Bird Island the place for sand dollar hunting. But since Mad Inlet closed over around the turn of the century, it's been fair to middling at best. Still, broken ones are ...

The County Coastal Advisory Committee wouldn't sign off on reimbursement for the Sand Dollar Island Project. It now heads to ...

Finding sand dollars along Oregon beaches is pretty common, especially in Seaside. If you're lucky enough, they haven't been broken or become bird food yet. Tiffany Boothe, assistant manager at ...