Dr. Sara E Boles

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

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

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

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

Awesome. I’m off of Bodega Highway in the hills above Freestone.

Yes. We are in the forest between Sebastopol and Occidental.

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

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

Another fun fact, the California giant salamander is one of only a few species of salamanders that can vocalize. They chirp/ soft bark.

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.

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

Very cool bird!

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

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.

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…

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

#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 🐦

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

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.

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.

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"

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.

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

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.

#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.

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

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

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

In normal times, this is grounds for both immediate resignation as well as criminal charges

That is horrible news. Glad you were able to save it elsewhere.