Marty’s photo of the day #3923: Playing hide-and-seek with a moose in my front yard. I think I won!
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Year: 2022
Australian green tree frog
A Canadian beauty
Marty’s photo of the day #3921: I photographed this huge elk along the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada.
Antarctica’s Coast
Killdeer and the pandemic
Marty’s photo of the day #3919: I photographed this killdeer on June 20, 2020. Deb and I had rented the Hogan Cabin that weekend, which is a Forest Service cabin in western Montana. Other than the birds and the mountain flowers, what I remember most about our visit was that it was our first time […]
Penguins in the mist
Marty’s photo of the day #3918: I photographed this gentoo penguin mother and chick on a foggy day, on a tiny island, just off the coast of Antarctica.
Muskrat
Steller’s Jay
Caribou
Female elephant seal
Western sandpipers
Marty’s photo of the day #3913: Today we go artsy with three western sandpipers on a pothole lake in Montana’s Prairie Reserve.
Feeding time!
Marty’s photo of the day #3912: Barn swallows, photographed last summer in Montana’s Prairie Reserve.
Like the old summer cabin
Marty’s photo of the day #3911: Deb, Nellie, and I are returning to Montana’s Prairie Reserve this summer. We reserved the same yurt as last year, but for a longer stay. Being able to rent a yurt kind of reminds me of when I was a kid in Minnesota and having the family cabin to […]
The finer points of bubble blowing
Marty’s photo of the day #3910: For anyone who could use a happy picture today, this is my wife, Deb Essen, introducing Yagua children to the finer points of bubble blowing. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
Badger
Dedicated to Ukraine
Marty’s photo of the day #3908: Today’s photo is dedicated to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the brave people of Ukraine. The un-photographed rabbit turd at the base of this flower is dedicated to Vladimir Putin and the co-chairs of Vlad’s Golden Shower Fan Club: Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson. (Photographed on Antelope Island)
Wallaroo cuteness
Marty’s photo of the day #3907: Here’s a little cuteness for your Sunday: Bonnie, a rescued baby silver wallaroo. Her mother was hit by a car, but Bonnie survived in her mother’s pouch. Many months later Bonnie was released back into the wild. (Photographed in Australia)
Mr. Trump Head get a drink
Marty’s photo of the day #3906: Every morning when I walk down the steps and turn on the kitchen light, this is the first thing I see on the windowsill over the sink: The Republican Jesus hoarding his guns and Traitor Trump Head getting his breakfast drink from a little black dog. If you find […]
A frog with character
Marty’s photo of the day #3906: This Amazon Rainforest frog has so much character. At one time I had the species identified, but I can’t seem to find it this morning. We’ll just call him Fred. (Photographed in Peru)
Elephant kindness
Marty’s photo of the day #3905: A little elephant kindness at the waterhole. Republicans could learn so much if they actually paid attention to their own mascot. Photographed in Zimbabwe.