Alison Young

@alisonkestrel

Intertidal adventurer | Citizen science | Building community around CA biodiversity | Garden grower | Music maker | Nudibranchs!

Sonoma, CA
calacademy.org/citizen-science
Joined July 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Feb 2016

    This (Octopus rubescens) has places to go! Seen today at Pillar Point. – at Mavericks Beach

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  2. 19 hours ago

    Just finished our second annual Yerba Buena Island ! Great group of folks & lots of great finds on this island.

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  3. Apr 3

    Last week in Monterey I found this pinkish-orange , which might be Eurylepta aurantiaca? My first time seeing it, and one of the more colorful flatworms I've found in the CA (since it's not tan/cream/brown!).

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  4. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    My favorite participant is ready to go! Only 24 days to wait!

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  5. Apr 2

    The was full of amazing of all kinds. This is one of my favorites that I don't get to see very often - the lightbulb tunicate, Clavelina huntsmani.

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  6. Apr 2

    Our temporary tattoos have arrived! Who's going to put one on their forehead as promo? 😁

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  7. Apr 1

    HOW DO YOU FLY??? Yellow-faced , defying physics. 😉

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  8. Mar 31

    Final ruling on these little mysterious orange things: embryos of the Henricia pumila. When both John Pearse and Jeff Goddard say so, I think it makes it official. So - baby !

    Okay tweeps, help solve a mystery: what is this??? Sort of looks like a but not with the usual tunicate parts (no visible siphons?), also reminds me of very tiny (smooth on one side, little nubbins on the other)? Seen in the , Monterey.
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  9. Mar 31

    Can be cute? Because I think these ones qualify. Little squee . Possibly Metandrocarpa taylori? Found in the .

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  10. Mar 30

    Whoa! 17 events already lined up for the & more still being added! Bioblitzes, walks, hikes, and even mountain bike bioblitzes! Join in the fun & help us win:

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  11. Mar 30

    Another find from the , I was excited to spot these (very very tiny) yellow social (Pycnoclavella stanleyi), my first time seeing them! So intricate & lovely.

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  12. Mar 30

    It's been posted for a year and a half but thanks to for pointing out this great article about as a dating tool! 😂

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  13. Mar 29

    I was super-excited to find this new-to-me in the . Meet Cadlina flavomaculata, aka the yellow-spotted Cadlina.

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  14. Mar 29

    Newest interesting theory is that they may be embryos of a brooding like Henricia or Leptasterias. tweeps, thoughts?

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  15. Mar 29

    One of & my fun finds yesterday in the was this bright green brooding (Epiactis prolifera). Normally they're orange-pink-tan, we've never seen a green one! Tell me more, tweeps!

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  16. Mar 28

    Okay tweeps, help solve a mystery: what is this??? Sort of looks like a but not with the usual tunicate parts (no visible siphons?), also reminds me of very tiny (smooth on one side, little nubbins on the other)? Seen in the , Monterey.

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  17. Mar 28

    Whoa tweeps, 3 new-to-me species in just 2 days of ! The first huge one we think is a brown box crab (Lopholithodes foraminatus) and is a new species for Pillar Point!

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  18. Retweeted
    Mar 25

    Be inspired to become a citizen scientist on Citizen Science Day (April 14) with this great video by on the awesome power of !

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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 24

    My west coast soulmates,

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  20. Mar 24

    The always dynamic moderating the panel about technology & at the symposium. – at Aquarium of the Pacific

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  21. Mar 24

    I love that is asking me how satisfied I am with this map when I looked for the place in English, on the map it's showing it to me in Russian, and in the description it's Korean(?). 😂

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