Marty’s photo of the day #4579: These are African painted dogs, photographed in Zimbabwe. I counted 18 dogs in this pack. Overall, there are less than 1,500 African painted dogs left in the wild.
African Painted Dogs
Blue Tangs
Marty’s photo of the day #4578: These are blue tangs, photographed off the coast of Bonaire. I don’t know how an exact duplicate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s brain got there.
Monkey Frog Close-Up
Marty’s photo of the day #4577: This is a monkey frog, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Crows and the Owl
Marty’s photo of the day #4577: Yesterday, I took my dog, Nellie, out for her morning security sweep of the Essen Wildlife Refuge. We followed some shrieking crows to this great gray owl. I hurried back to the house for my camera and captured this image moments before it flew away.
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
Marty’s photo of the day #4576: This is a zebra longwing butterfly, photographed in the Everglades. A slightly different version of this photo appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Arctic Ocean by Canoe
On a Foggy Day
Marty’s photo of the day #4574: This is an Antarctic fur seal, photographed on foggy day, on a tiny island, off the coast of Antarctica.
A Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird
Marty’s photo of the day #4573: This is a ruby-topaz hummingbird, photographed on the island of Bonaire.
Oh, baby!
Marty’s photo of the day #4572: This is a baby spectacled caiman, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
For Love of Underwater Photography
Marty’s photo of the day #4571: I have been an above-water photographer for most of my life. My 2016 trip to the Sea of Cortez opened my eyes to underwater photography. This sea lion, taken with a cheap camera, was one of my first underwater shots. Now with better gear, I’m counting the days to […]
Bats in Costa Rica
Marty’s photo of the day #4568: An Antarctic skua watches over a colony of penguins on an island off the coast of Antarctica.
Red-eyed Owl
Marty’s photo of the day #4567: One of the joys of photography is that the camera can see things the human eye can’t. This great gray owl was outside my writing room window. She really doesn’t have a red eye, but I imagine she’s using it to watch a little incel mouse wearing a tiny […]
It’s all in the photography
Marty’s photo of the day #4565: This is one of the giant blauw-blauw lizards of Bonaire. Actually, they’re quite small. It’s all in the photography.
Beautiful Yukon Territory
Marty’s photo of the day #4564: The Yukon Territory of Canada is so beautiful in the fall. And the people there don’t call themselves Christians or patriots while voting for bigotry, misogyny, lies, and hate either!
Comb-crested agamid lizard in Borneo
Marty’s photo of the day #4563: This is a female comb-crested agamid lizard, photographed in the rainforest of Borneo.
Sunset on the Zambezi
Marty’s photo of the day #4562: Sunset on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. This photo also appears in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents.
Surfacing
Little Green Heron
Marty’s photo of the day #4560: I photographed this little green heron while peeking through thick Everglades foliage that surrounded a tiny pond. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Along Antarctica
Marty’s photo of the day #4559: I shot this photo while working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. You’re looking at two humpback whales, along the coast of Antarctica.