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Brown-Throated Parakeet vs Yellow-Shouldered Amazon Parrot, Pt 1

Brown-Throated Parakeet vs Yellow-Shouldered Amazon Parrot, Pt 1

Marty’s photo of the day #4502: Bonaire has both brown-throated parakeets and yellow-shouldered Amazon parrots. The two species look alike, but there are subtle differences between them. The most noticeable difference is that the parakeet is slimmer than the parrot. Last month, I was lucky enough to photograph both of them. Today, I’m featuring the […]

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

Marty’s photo of the day #4499: I photographed this trumpetfish last month while visiting Bonaire. For me, these fish were more interesting to watch with the naked eye than in photographs. I was pleased, however, when I looked in the Caribbean fish guide Deb picked up on the island, and my trumpetfish photo is arguably […]

Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Marty’s photo of the day #4497: There are only two tiny freshwater springs in Washington-Slagbaai National Park on the island of Bonaire. This yellow warbler was the most challenging bird to photograph at the first spring. It would come in, grab a sip of water, and take off—seemingly all in one continuous motion.

The Critically Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle

The Critically Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Marty’s photo of the day #4496: When Deb and I visited the island of Bonaire earlier this month, we enjoyed 26 hour-long snorkels. I fell in love with above-water wildlife photography many years ago, but all those snorkels made me passionate about underwater wildlife photography, too. It’s incredibly challenging, as underwater creatures never stop moving. […]

Honeycomb Cowfish

Honeycomb Cowfish

Marty’s photo of the day #4494: Honeycomb cowfish were among the most unusual, “should be in a science-fiction movie,” fish occupying the reef around Bonaire. If you look closely, they even have horns. They were also shy, making them difficult to photograph. Behind the honeycomb cowfish is a spotlight parrotfish (immature phase).

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone

Marty’s photo of the day #4491: Goodbye from Bonaire. Deb and I return to the United States today, but because we have a connecting flight through Miami, just ahead of Hurricane Helene, I suspect some delays. In fact, our flight out of Bonaire has already been delayed by 20 minutes, and it doesn’t even leave […]

Long-Spine Porcupinefish

Long-Spine Porcupinefish

Marty’s photo of the day #4490: This long-spine porcupinefish is about 20 inches long. If frightened, it could swallow a large amount of water to inflate a pouch near its stomach, thereby doubling in size and raising spines all over its body. Deb and I didn’t see any of these fish during our first week […]

Flamingos of Bonaire

Flamingos of Bonaire

Marty’s photo of the day #4489: During Deb’s and my first few days on Bonaire, every flamingo sighting warranted a stop. Now, after two weeks, they are basically pigeons. Just kidding. We’ll still stop from time to time to watch them. And we see them in light pink, deep pink, and basic white. There’s a […]

Attack of the Blauw-Blauw

Attack of the Blauw-Blauw

Marty’s photo of the day #4487: Yesterday, Deb and I drove to the northern end of Bonaire for a second visit of Washington-Slagbaai National Park. At midday, we found an out-of-the-way picnic table and enjoyed a delightful lunch, accompanied by thirty or so blauw-blauw (six-inch-long whiptail lizards with bright blue tails). The blauw-blauw obviously knew […]