Marty’s photo of the day #4526: Greetings from the Essen Wildlife Refuge! Getting a good coyote photo from the motion-sensing cameras I have set up is difficult. Usually, the coyotes pass through at night (when my cameras shoot in infrared mode) or, if in the daytime, they are moving too fast to appear in good […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4525: Deb and I were beach-walking, during our last day in Bonaire, when she spotted this tiny crab. No matter what kind of device you are viewing this on, it is much larger than actual size. The crab could easily fit on a quarter, and I photographed it using a […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4524: When we were in Bonaire, Deb bought two fish identification books. These fish weren’t in either book. I also spent some time checking ID sites on the internet with no luck. Even though I don’t know what these are, I like how this photo makes me feel, so I’m […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4523: I’m still going through the more than 1,500 underwater photos I took while Deb and I were in Bonaire last month. I keep hoping that I’m going to spot an octopus or some other creature I missed live. Then there are these underappreciated yellow goatfish. Well, at least underappreciated […]
Marty’s photos of the day #4520-4522: The bathroom signs on the island of Bonaire cracked Deb and me up. She especially liked the top one, and I had to agree—particularly when it comes to Kamala Harris vs. The Ancient Orange Fascist.
Marty’s photo of the day #4518: Today I have more underwater photography from Deb’s and my trip to Bonaire. This is a sergeant major with some blueheaded wrasses.
Marty’s photo of the day #4517: I’m getting close to moving on to wildlife photos I’ve taken elsewhere in the world, but I still have a few more from Deb’s and my trip last month to Bonaire. These are foureye butterflyfish.
Marty’s photo of the day #4516: On the island of Bonaire, blauw-blauws basically filled the niche of pigeons. Whenever Deb and I had a picnic, the blauw-blauws would be there, waiting for scraps. I found them more amusing to watch than pigeons, however, as they were fast, and skirmishes over scraps weren’t always won by […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4515: Anyone who has read my first book, published in 2007, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, knows that I didn’t get along well with water. That changed in 2016, when Deb and I snorkeled with sea lions and octopuses in the Sea of Cortez. Better equipment combined […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4514: So last month, Deb and I were snorkeling through the mangroves along the coast of Bonaire, and up pops Steve Irwin to remind us about not getting too close to the stingrays.
Marty’s photo of the day #4513: This is Seru Grandi in Bonaire’s Washington-Slagbaai National Park. When I first came across this geological formation, I was confident that I’d seen it before in some epic movie. I’m not sure which movie, however. The lower layer of this formation is 210,000 years-old, and the top layer is […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4512: Bonaire is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and in 1850 the Dutch West Indies Company built slave huts for slaves working in its four salt pans. My wife, Deb, is standing next to some of the slave huts that have been preserved. The slaves would use these […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4511: Whether in the forest surrounding Deb’s and my house or in the ocean surrounding Bonaire, I enjoy spotting creatures that are great at camouflage. Can you spot the flounder in this photo from Bonaire? (Hint #1: Flounders lie on their side.) (Hint #2: Look near the center of the […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4510: With all the colorful fish on the reef surrounding Bonaire, it’s easy to overlook the fish that would rather not be seen. I spotted one such fish—a sand diver—just a short distance out from shore. How tough are sand divers to spot? Below the main photo I’ve added a […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4508: I think this is a really cool image, but if you’re viewing it on a small screen, you’ll likely miss the details. It’s a whitespotted filefish, seemingly coming out of the coral. And in the background is a parrotfish. (Photographed in Bonaire)
Marty’s photo of the day #4507: I rarely repeat images of the same species within 30 days of each other, but I like this yellow warbler photo better than the one I posted 10 days ago. And I had to be so patient to get this shot! (Photographed in Bonaire)
Marty’s photo of the day #4505: Most people incorrectly assume that flamingos are born pink. What actually happens is that they start out white and turn pink from the beta-carotene in the algae, brine fly larvae, and brine shrimp they eat. (Photographed in Bonaire)
Marty’s photo of the day #4504: The fish on top is a Bermuda chub, and the one below it is most likely an immature bar jack. During the many times Deb and I snorkeled this part of the reef, I saw this pair often. If I didn’t have a camera, I would have assumed I […]
