Marty’s photo of the day #5096: My dog, Nellie, has amazing senses. She gets credit for this shot. It was well after sunset when we stepped out onto the front porch. Immediately she knew something was sleeping among the trees a hundred feet straight out from us. I couldn’t tell what it was, so I […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5095: I photographed this Boyd’s forest dragon on a night-hike in Australia. These lizards get to be about 20 inches long. Unlike most lizards, they do not bask in the sun to regulate body temperature. Instead, they conform to the ambient air temperature of the rainforest. As such, they are […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5094: Five thousand pounds of snorting attitude. (Photographed while canoeing the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5092: I watched these two pileated woodpeckers pick apart an old, downed tree yesterday. (Photographed at the Essen Wildlife Refuge in Montana.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5091: This is a howler monkey baby and mother, photographed in Costa Rica.
It’s cold and rainy day here in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, but the white-breasted nuthatches don’t care.
Marty’s photo of the day #5088: This is a bush cricket. It would fill the palm of an average person’s hand. (Photographed in Zimbabwe.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5087: This is a Borneo pygmy elephant. It is a unique, genetically distinct subspecies of the Asian elephant, about 20% smaller than mainland Asian elephants, reaching a height of roughly 9 feet. (Photographed on the island of Borneo.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5086: I found this heartleaf arnica under a rock shelf in the mountains. Protection from the elements kept it in pristine condition. (Photographed at “The Secret Spot” in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5084: When I photographed this leopard, the sun had set and my camera was screaming for light. I brightened, sharpened, and denoised the photo to make it acceptable for posting. (Photographed in Zimbabwe.)
Mary’s photo of the day #5083: This underwater scene features reticulated dascyllus and black-tailed dascyllus. (Photographed in the Raja Ampat of Indonesian New Guinea.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5082: I think cinnamon teals are such pretty ducks. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5080: I love sharks! This is a whitetip reef shark, photographed in the Galapagos Islands.
Marty’s photo of the day #5079: “You can’t see me!” (Columbian ground squirrel, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
This spring I moved my motion-sensing cameras near the fox dens on the Essen Wildlife Refuge, hoping to capture images of baby foxes. No babies yet, but this deer cracked me up.
