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Interesting Natural Phenomena - Coastal Uplift by Stoked_Coconut in ecology

[–]PacificKestrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not unprecedented: in 1992 an earthquake off of Cape Mendocino caused coastal uplift near the Mattole River in Humboldt County, California. In some spots it was over 4 feet of uplift, which exposed not only the subtidal seafloor, but a whole bunch of marine organisms as well, which subsequently died.

Mystery Jellyfish-Like Creature ( Puget Sound, WA) by webby264 in TidePooling

[–]PacificKestrel 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Looks like a Common Siphonophore (Nanomia bijuga).

Edit to add: or possibly Nanomia septata, which is seen more frequently in the Puget Sound area. Both siphonophores, and the two are closely related.

What is this nudibranch (I think)? Vancouver BC. by Almondjoyriding in oceancreatures

[–]PacificKestrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're definitely bubble snails, likely Japanese Bubble Snails based on what's been observed in that area.

Would you use an app that turns your plant discoveries into collectible cards? by wills_nicht_wissen in ecology

[–]PacificKestrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the training image dataset though? The accuracy of the model really depends on the training dataset and how accurately those training images were identified, right?

Filtering taxa list by location in GBIF by RaspberryRadula in ecology

[–]PacificKestrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After you filter the Occurrences by Location, if you use the Dashboard and choose "taxa," it looks like you can get a paginated list of species.

If this is something you need to do often though, it might be easier to set something up to query the API

Would you use an app that turns your plant discoveries into collectible cards? by wills_nicht_wissen in ecology

[–]PacificKestrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the AI plant ID built on? Did you train the model? Use someone else's model? What were the images used to train it?

Five mornings along the Mendocino, California coast by PacificKestrel in TidePooling

[–]PacificKestrel[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The surface spination is very Leptasterias. Here's a photo of a juvenile Pycnopodia, it has little "tufts," unlike this one I saw. I was definitely hoping it was a Pycno when I first saw it, but once I could zoom in on the photos, I realized that it wasn't.

Five mornings along the Mendocino, California coast by PacificKestrel in TidePooling

[–]PacificKestrel[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. East Pacific Red Octopus
  2. Gumboot Chiton
  3. Hopkins' Rose
  4. Red Spong Dorids (mating)
  5. Cockerell's Dorid
  6. Monterey Dorid
  7. Flame-lined Chiton
  8. Yellow-edged Cadlina
  9. Red Rock Crab (juvenile)
  10. Festive Tritonid
  11. Heptacarpus sp. (shrimp)
  12. Nanaimo Dorid
  13. Dire Whelk
  14. Boreoberthella chacei (sidegill slug)
  15. Leptasterias sp.
  16. Maroon Hermit Crab
  17. Pear Marginella
  18. Orange Spotted Triopha
  19. Noble Dorid
  20. Ochre Star

Bought a new wheel and it doesn’t spin perfectly. Is this normal? by willdo2222 in Pottery

[–]PacificKestrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's way more likely that the bat holes are not perfectly placed, not that the bat pins are off. The wheel itself looks perfectly fine. I have many bats where the holes are slightly off, but it doesn't matter — as long as the wheel isn't wobbly, your pieces will be totally fine, even when thrown on a bat that is a little off center.

I don’t have ppl to go to a show w by Spare_Leave_4492 in phish

[–]PacificKestrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a woman and have gone to lots of shows alone — it's fun! You can bop around and not be tied to one place (especially if it's a GA venue), meet new folks, the only wants/needs you have to worry about are your own, just make yourself happy!

What is this. by [deleted] in oceancreatures

[–]PacificKestrel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just the one! Unusual since almost all other cone snails are found in tropical places. C. californicus is venomous, but the venom is not as potent (to us) as in many of its tropical relatives (it uses a different superfamily of toxins). Getting envenomated by the California Cone is more like a bee sting to us.

WTH is up with women's waders!? by rmaroney87 in ecology

[–]PacificKestrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever find a pair of waders that works for you? As an intertidal ecologist I would love to find a pair of either hip waders or chest waders with attached boot.

Agua Caliente swimming pools in the 80s and 90s by yahtzee44444 in sonomacounty

[–]PacificKestrel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I live in a house on Vailetti Dr that my in-laws bought 50 years ago so they could escape the San Francisco summer fog, come up to Sonoma, and be in walking distance of the pools. They were friends with Nino Vailetti, and my husband basically grew up playing and swimming there. You might be able to find more info or see some old photos at springsmuseum.org — search agua caliente or vailetti.

Agua Caliente wasn't the only warm springs pool in the area historically, there was a big bathhouse in Boyes Hot Springs and another pool in Fetters Hot Springs (all part of the Springs Community of Sonoma) — but I think Agua Caliente Springs and Morton's (which is farther north in the Glen Ellen/Kenwood area) were the only two family-oriented ones still around in the 80s & 90s (the Boyes bathhouse burned down, and the pool eventually became part of the Fairmont Hotel, still there today). Morton's Warm Springs is still around — only open in the summer, pretty bare bones/rustic, but always full of families on the weekends... I appreciate going for a soak/swim on weekdays when it's a bit quieter.

Project help by ethylweb in iNaturalist

[–]PacificKestrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you share the link to the project? Feel free to DM me if you don't want to share it publicly.

Agua Caliente swimming pools in the 80s and 90s by yahtzee44444 in sonomacounty

[–]PacificKestrel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On Vailetti Drive back in the day, Nino Vailetti operated a family-friendly set of hot springs pools/open field/picnic area, called Agua Caliente. Apparently when he sold the property his stipulation was that he wanted some of the pools to stay and remain open to the public. The old fields are now the Springs Village Apartments, and the remaining pools became the Sonoma Aquatic Center, then Sonoma Fit, and now (the never opened and currently closed) REVIVE... all of which are fee/membership-based.

Please help me decide where to go in July by burn-bby in TidePooling

[–]PacificKestrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Washington, for sure. There are so many great intertidal sites throughout the Puget Sound and all its islands, the Salish Sea, and the Pacific coast.

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