Dr. Sara E Boles
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Dr. Sara E Boles
@abalonequeen.bsky.social
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.
A family of #raccoons (mom and 5 kits) parading past our trail camera. #nature #SonomaCounty
September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
June 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Maybelline the #rescue #bulldog is ready for #summer. Getting her used to wearing her new #lifejacket before we take her in the pool.
June 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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
May 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#California #quail (Callipepla californica) hanging out under the #rhododendron in the yard in west #Sonoma County.
May 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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
May 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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
May 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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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…
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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February 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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
April 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#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 🐦
April 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A Douglas #Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) searching my empty planter on Saturday for, well, anything. #nature #SonomaCounty
April 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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.
April 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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.
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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.
April 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The #penguins of #Heard and #McDonald #Islands figuring out how to comply with the new #tariffs. 🤡
April 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#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.
March 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My sister @tarasjm49.bsky.social took this video of the #protest outside of the #Arden #Tesla dealership in #Sacramento, CA.
March 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Western Fairy-Slipper (Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis) #flowers I spotted in the yard in west #Sonoma County. #nature 🌺🌸
March 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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In normal times, this is grounds for both immediate resignation as well as criminal charges
March 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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. 🌺🌸
March 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres) I found in the yard. 🍄 #nature #Sonoma County
March 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM