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Dr. Sara E Boles

@abalonequeen.bsky.social
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Assistant Project Scientist @UCDavis @BodegaMarineLab with @jacksongross.bsky.social studying endangered black abalone reproduction and conservation. PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology at UC Davis MS in Environmental Physiology at SFSU. Views are my own.

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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We published a new paper today in about the use of #machinelearning and #ultrasound technology to determine the sex of red #abalone (Haliotis rufescens).
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Frontiers | Deep learning classification of reproductive tissue from ultrasound: sex determination in red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)
IntroductionAccurate sex determination is critical for spawning success in both conservation breeding programs and commercial aquaculture, yet non-invasive m...
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I haven't posted in a while, but please, if you can, please donate to my childhood friend's wish to go to Japan (or share). Adam has cancer that has spread to his lungs. He has been fighting for a long time. Doctors have said that his time may be limited to 6 months to a year.
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Donate to Help my brother fulfill his dream of visiting Japan, organized by Katherine Nowlin
I never imagined I would be writing something like this for my br… Katherine Nowlin needs your support for Help my brother fulfill his dream of visiting Japan
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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
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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 · 29/05/2025
Awesome. I’m off of Bodega Highway in the hills above Freestone.
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Yes. We are in the forest between Sebastopol and Occidental.
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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 · 15/05/2025
Another fun fact, the California giant salamander is one of only a few species of salamanders that can vocalize. They chirp/ soft bark.
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The giant salamanders are big & have mottling sort of like a leopard. Newts tend to be much smaller, reddish/brownish color that is solid though some have lighter colors on the underside. This is just what I know from northern California newts, so it may vary by location.
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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
Very cool bird!
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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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worldbytenews.bsky.social @worldbytenews.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
SV Chat: Growing abalone beneath the Monterey Wharf​on February 2, 2025 at 4:00 pm Abalone has a long history in California, but the sea snail is in short supply today. One of the state's last commercial abalone farms is in Monterey.    Art Seavey, president of the Monterey Abalone Company, holds…
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SV Chat: Growing abalone beneath the Monterey Wharf​on February 2, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Abalone has a long history in California, but the sea snail is in short supply today. One of the state's last commercial abalone farms is in Monterey.    Art Seavey, president of the Monterey Abalone Company, holds abalone grown in a cage underneath the Municipal Wharf in Monterey, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Beneath the Municipal Wharf in the coastal community of Monterey, a fascinating experiment in ocean farming has played out for more than three decades.
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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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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Look I don’t necessarily think they *WILL* be ok, but when I’m at a baseball game about to eat a hot dog and ice cream, I get this sneaking suspicion that it COULD be ok. Like one day. Eventually.
This is a painting made with brightly colored paint pens. A shrimp has a hot dog in one hand and an ice cream in a baseball helmet in the other and stands on a bright green grassy field in front of a blue sky with clouds with the hot pink bubble letters "Things Could be okay"
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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 · 26/03/2025
theonion.com
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
abc7news.com
United Airlines flight from LAX bound for China turns around after pilot forgets passport
A United Airlines flight that left Los Angeles bound for China Saturday had to turn around after the pilot realized they did not have their passport on them.
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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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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In normal times, this is grounds for both immediate resignation as well as criminal charges
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
That is horrible news. Glad you were able to save it elsewhere.
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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 · 14/03/2025
#GlutenFree #crab cake po' boy I had when I arrived in #NewOrleans for #WorldAquacultureSociety last week.
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
One Anthony Scaramucci +/- one Michael Flynn.
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Jackson Gross MSPH PhD @jacksongross.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@abalonequeen.bsky.social Chaired the gastropod session and gave a talk on the use of #ultrasound to improve #animalwelfare and spawning success in #abalone. Were you aware that red abalone are a giant #seasnail which are 1 of 7 abalone found off our California coastline?
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Jackson Gross MSPH PhD @jacksongross.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I've had a busy few weeks leading up to #aquaculture america 2025. I had the opportunity to survey black #abalone. We are working towards the conservation of #endangeredspecies such as abalone which are giant #seasnails. This is some of the best tidepooling I've experienced in my whole life.
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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 · 09/03/2025
When in #NewOrleans definitely try a #seafood boil. #WorldAquaculture
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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 · 05/03/2025
m.youtube.com
Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
YouTube video by International School History
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Dr. Sara E Boles @abalonequeen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
So sad. The red #abalone (Haliotis rufescens) could not be returned to the wild and had to be euthanized. #poaching #CDFW
sfgate.com
Meth, abalone and a turtle: NorCal traffic stop takes a weird turn
A traffic stop in Sonoma County took a bizarre turn when deputies uncovered methamphetamine, dozens of abalone and a turtle, officials said.
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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 · 28/02/2025
My neighbor put up some new #art. #Sonoma County
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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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