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.

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.

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

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…

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.

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. 🤡

#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

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. 🌺🌸

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

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 🍄

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

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

#GlutenFree #crab cake po' boy I had when I arrived in #NewOrleans for #WorldAquacultureSociety last week.

@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?

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.

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

When in #NewOrleans definitely try a #seafood boil. #WorldAquaculture

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.

So sad. The red #abalone (Haliotis rufescens) could not be returned to the wild and had to be euthanized. #poaching #CDFW

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🐶

My neighbor put up some new #art. #Sonoma County

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

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

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 🐸

This is so cool…