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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

A family of #raccoons (mom and 5 kits) parading past our trail camera. #nature #SonomaCounty

Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog is not a fan of #fireworks. Luckily, we live pretty deep in the #redwood #forest and you can only hear them from outside. She got lots of walking time in during the day before they started. 🐶 #Sonoma County

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Mourning #dove (Zenaida macroura) that has been hanging out on the patio trying to attack its reflection in the window in west #Sonoma County. #nature 🐦 #birds

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog is ready for #summer. Getting her used to wearing her new #lifejacket before we take her in the pool.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We finally caught a Mountain #Lion (Puma concolor) aka #Puma or #cougar on our trail camera in west #Sonoma County. The date/timestamp is wrong. Camera trap was out since the beginning of May 2025. We had over a 1000 videos on just this one camera #rabbits #Nature 🦁 #BigCat

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#California #quail (Callipepla californica) hanging out under the #rhododendron in the yard in west #Sonoma County.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Just can't seem to keep these critters out of the neighbors pool. Another #California Giant #Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) I found in my neighbors pool. I have installed several critter ramps in their pool for when I can't check as frequently. #nature #amphibians #herpetology

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Participated in a red #abalone spawn at the #Monterey Abalone Company #Monday morning helping select broodstock using #ultrasound . This video shows females releasing massive (millions) amounts of eggs (tiny green dots). Many thanks to Art, Kate, Nelson, & #MossLandingMarineLab. 🐌 #science #mollusk

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Another (or maybe the same animal) #California Giant #Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) I found in my neighbors pool. I have installed several critter ramps in their pool for when I can't check as frequently. #nature #amphibians #herpetology

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

#Canada #Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) robbing bits of eggs before I could finish cleaning the pan while #camping in #Mendocino a while back. This #bird was not afraid of people at all, I was really close when getting this photo...thought for sure it would fly away as I got closer. #nature 🐦

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A Douglas #Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) searching my empty planter on Saturday for, well, anything. #nature #SonomaCounty

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog enjoying #BigRiver in #Mendocino, #California during our quick visit last week. She absolutely loves the beach. Just look at her ears flapping while she runs int the water.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog experiencing a bull #kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) bladder for the first time after a quick trip to the town of #Mendocino #California. I didn't know how much she would love it. She carried it around so proudly and didn't want to let it go.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The #penguins of #Heard and #McDonald #Islands figuring out how to comply with the new #tariffs. 🤡

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We've previously towed out #FedEx because of bad directions. Luckily, we didn't need a tow this time, just a lot of 3-point turns.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#Monday #morning reminder that your #GPS is not always right. If it does't look like a road, it isn't a road. The driver was super nice and very appreciative I got him out and going the correct direction. west #Sonoma County.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

My sister @tarasjm49.bsky.social took this video of the #protest outside of the #Arden #Tesla dealership in #Sacramento, CA.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Throw back #Thursday to when I had a #hermit #crab recruit into our seawater system. The crab was using the claw of a bigger crab as a shell until I came along. This video is her moving out of the shell I first gave her into a bigger one. 🐚🦀🌊@jacksongross.bsky.social

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Western Fairy-Slipper (Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis) #flowers I spotted in the yard in west #Sonoma County. #nature 🌺🌸

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Pacific Trillium (Trillium ovatum) #flower growing the yard at the base of a #redwood #tree. The come in a variety of colors from white, to light pink, to darker shades of pink and purple. 🌺🌸

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres) I found in the yard. 🍄 #nature #Sonoma County

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Blushing Rosette (Abortiporous biennis) #fungus in the Meruliaceae family in the order Polyporales growing out of the ground on the lane to the house. #Sonoma County #nature 🍄

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Fungi #Friday with these Lime-Green Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe virescens) #mushrooms I found in the yard in west #Sonoma County. 🍄 #nature

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Brooding #anemone (I think Epiactis prolifera) that recruited in our seawater system at @ucdavis.bsky.social #BodegaMarineLab. @jacksongross.bsky.social

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The oyster #mushrooms I am growing went crazy while I was away at a conference. 🍄🍄

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Got these awesome #molluscan playing cards at the #WorldAquacultureConference this morning in #NewOrleans. I love the #abalone cards and the factoids that each card has about the species.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Miss Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog helping crunch the data this morning. Yes, that is dog slobber on my leg and no, I am not comfortable, but she is. #science🐶

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A herd of #deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) hanging out in front of the trail camera in west #Sonoma County. #nature 🦌

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Miss Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog learning to use her buttons.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Bobcat (Lynx rufus) spotted on the trail camera in west #Sonoma County. We only check the cameras once every couple of weeks. #nature #redwoods

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Couple of coyotes (Canis latrans) on the trail camera on the property. The coyote is scent marking when the other one pops in the frame. #nature 🐺 #SonomaCounty

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) I found in the yard. #nature 🍄

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

When Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog 's salad turns to soup because of the rain. We received 3.6 inches of rain! She has been obsessed with trying to eat grass from the orchard on our walk. She really can't get the grass, but she tries. #nature

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Found these two TINY Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii ssp. oregonensis) underneath the recycling bins. Quarter for scale. #nature #amphibians 🐸

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Miss Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog discovering the heated bathroom floor on an early, cold morning

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Slugbert the banana slug (Ariolimax buttoni) hanging out on my patio door. 🐌 #nature

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Pulled this Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii ssp. oregonensis) from my neighbors pool. I put critter ladders in the pool a while back, but strong winds pushed them to the middle of the pool. Critter ladders are back in the correct spot. #nature #SonomaCounty #amphibians 🐸

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Miss Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog dreaming of eating peanut butter to cleanse your timeline.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Three Pygmy Nuthatches (Sitta pygmaea) posted up under the eve on my porch because it is pouring rain! #nature #birds 🐦

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Slugbert, the banana slug, is really into eating the labels off of the #Straus Creamery dairy bottles. Finally caught ‘em in action. #nature🐌

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Bobcat (Lynx rufus) hanging out in the orchard by my house tonight. #nature

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) spotted walking the dog this evening tucked into the redwood branches. 🐦 #nature

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Growing some oyster #mushrooms using the shotgun method for the first time. They should double in size everyday. Going to make some risotto in a couple of days! 🍄

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Parrot #mushroom (Gliophorus psittacinus) I found in the yard in west #Sonoma County. 🍄

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Miss Maybelline helping with #lab meeting today.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Cooper's #Hawk (Astur cooperii) hanging out in the garden. #Nature 🐦 #birds

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Happy Friday! Golden Wax Caps (Hygrocybe flavescens) I found growing in the yard in west #Sonoma County. #nature 🍄

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