Marty’s photo of the day #4265: This is a male comb-crested agamid lizard (the females have a shorter crest), photographed on the island of Borneo.
Head-study, comb-crested agamid lizard
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Leaf-mimic mantis
Lace monitor
Marty’s photo of the day #4263: Just crawling through the wet tropical forest of northern Queensland, following a mildly venomous lace monitor.
Baby moose on the way!
Marty’s photos of the day #4259-4262: We could have a baby moose at the Essen Wildlife Refuge this spring! Every morning my dog, Nellie, enters my writing room and stares at me until I take her outside to play. Yesterday morning we followed our usual routine. In addition to playing ball, Nellie thoroughly sniffs and […]
Not what you think it is.
Marty’s photo of the day #4258: I know some followers of my posts cringe whenever I post snakes or other animals that don’t fit into the “warm and cuddly” category. But I’m a college speaker and author largely because I’m a wildlife advocate. All animals have value, and that includes snakes. Snakes, for instance, are […]
Admiring her own reflection
Marty’s photo of the day #4257: A swan so beautiful that she must admire her own reflection. Photographed in Italy.
She made it!
Marty’s photo of the day #4256: This is Annie. And yes, her jump was successful! She was an adoptee from an animal shelter. I still remember the day Deb and I brought her home. Annie was approximately two years old, nervous, and unsure of herself. The hallway to our bedroom overlooks the great room. It’s […]
The Aussie fangs-o-death
Marty’s photo of the day #4255: This short excerpt from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, explains the shot: I flicked on my flashlight. “Deb! It’s a Belizean fangs-o-death!” “Let me see. Wow, it’s amazingly similar to the orb weaver spiders in Belize. But its body isn’t as colorful or […]
Let’s go for a ride!
Marty’s photos of the day #4251-4254: Many years ago, I started going on early morning bike rides to stay in shape. My ride is roughly four miles, which isn’t far, but since I do it on a steep mountain road, often in the snow, it does the job. I quite literally wore out the drive […]
What if Dog Heaven made you choose?
Marty’s photo of the day #4250: Recently, I’ve been featuring a lot of photos from Deb’s and my epic adventure to the top of Canada, because I discovered some photo files on CD that I had unknowingly deleted from my computer years ago. This one, taken somewhere in Alberta, got me all choked up, as […]
Winter is back!
Marty’s photo of the day #4249: Winter is back! I was so tired of the upper-thirties melty-rainy shit. Yesterday, five glorious inches of snow arrived, and this morning it was a proper five degrees below zero. I shot this photo from my writing room window, a little before sunrise this morning. Dropping below are the […]
Amazon tree boa
Sea of Cortez
A dazzle of zebras
Marty’s photo of the day #4246: A dazzle of skittish zebras, photographed while hiking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.
Somewhere . . .
Orangutan
Even sweet Nellie can be naughty
Marty’s photo of the day #4243: Sometimes even sweet Nellie can be a bad girl. Because we live on 25 acres of protected mountain forest (affectionately called the Essen Wildlife Refuge), we have mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, porcupines, skunks, and other animals around that Nellie shouldn’t mess with. And the only safe way for her […]
Turkey vulture
Marty’s photo of the day #4242: A turkey vulture sits atop a cardón cactus near the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
Dwarf caiman
A little ground squirrel action
Marty’s photo of the day #4240: Here’s a little ground squirrel action for your Friday. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)