Marty’s photo of the day #4179: Brown pelicans takeoff along the coast of Costa Rica.
Ready for takeoff
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Year: 2022
Ice castle
Baby badgers
Marty’s photo of the day #4177: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, baby badgers! (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Snow crystals at night
Marty’s photos of the day #4174-4176: No, these are not photos from the James Webb Space Telescope. They’re photos from my driveway. Last night, when I took Nellie out for her final pee break, tiny snow crystals were falling from the sky. I shined my flashlight straight up and realized a cool photo opportunity was […]
Bottlenose dolphin
Marty’s photo of the day #4173: Bottlenose dolphin, photographed along the coast of Costa Rica. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Lion on the Zambezi
Marty’s photo of the day #4172: Deb and I watched this lioness and four of her companions hunt Cape buffalo along the bank of the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. We didn’t see a kill, and after about an hour had to continue our journey downriver. I shot this photo as we canoed on by. This […]
Little blue heron
Marty’s photo of the day #4171: Little blue heron, photographed in the Everglades. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Leopard frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4170: Leopard frog, photographed this past summer along the Judith River in the American Prairie (Montana).
If you think Election Week has been a hoot . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #4169: ”If you think Election Week has been a hoot, just wait until Indictment Week!” (Long-eared owl, photographed in Montana)
Playing with humpbacks
Marty’s photo of the day #4168: Of the many adventures Deb and I had while traveling all seven continents for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, the one that provides the most vivid memories was an incredible two hours in a Zodiac along the coast of Antarctica—playing with three humpback […]
Nellie loves winter
Marty’s photo of the day #4168: Yesterday, we got about seven inches of snow. That meant work for me and play for Nellie. I think winter is Nellie’s favorite season. She no longer has to protect our house from killer squirrels and can spend more quality time with “Wilson,” her volleyball, running through the woods […]
Praying Mantis in Montana
Marty’s photo of the day #4167: This is the first praying mantis I’ve seen in Montana. I photographed it a few weeks ago in the Essen Wildlife Refuge. Praying mantises join the wild turkeys and peacocks as introduced species in the refuge. Not introduced by me, of course!
Fall in the Yukon Territory
Evening along the Amazon
Don’t wake me up!
Marty’s photo of the day #4164: There’s always one who is a little more pissed that you woke her up than the others. If I were a bat, she would undoubtedly be my mate. (Photographed in Costa Rica)
Hanging in there to get the shot
Marty’s photo of the day #4163: When you’re dedicated to the craft of photography, sometimes you just have to hang in there to “get the shot.” Deb and I were quietly stalking a herd of elephants in the rainforest of Borneo, when a mother decided we were close enough and charged. I held my ground, […]
Saying “hi”
In glorious bloom
Marty’s photo of the day #4161: I shot this photo several years ago in the Sonoran desert. I was on a college speaking tour that took me to far western Arizona and used an off-day to explore the desert, in full, glorious bloom.
Get away from me!
Marty’s photo of the day #4160: Oh, what I would give for this entire photo to be in perfect focus! You are looking at a young yellow-bellied racer that I photographed two months ago in the American Prairie of Montana. The feisty little snake didn’t appreciate me taking her picture and struck at my camera. […]
Apostlebird
Marty’s photo of the day #4159: This is an apostlebird, named for its propensity to congregate in flocks of twelve. (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)