Marty’s photo of the day #4466: I’m going off-line for a few days. I’ll leave you with this ibis, photographed in the American Prairie of Montana.
Ibis
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Month: July 2023
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Abhorrent Christian behavior
Whenever I write a rant about abhorrent Christian behavior, I have to add “not all Christians” somewhere in the text or I will get nailed. I was thinking about that this morning as I was reflecting on all the new Christian-based laws that are popping up across America. These laws cherry pick the most hate-filled […]
First Canadian campsite
Marty’s photo of the day #4464: This was one of the first campsites on Deb’s and my epic trip to the top of Canada for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Ever since, Deb and I have hoped to redo that 5,572 mile-long adventure. We were going to do it […]
Polka-dot tree frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4463: This is a polka-dot tree frog, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Porching
Marty’s photo of the day #4462: Deb and I have a long-standing tradition of “porching” each night before bed. In the summer, we porch on our actual porch, and in the winter, we porch on our great room couch. Porching involves having a drink (with or without alcohol) and discussing the day’s events. Nellie, of […]
Showy fleabane daisy
Marty’s photo of the day #4461: These flowers are blooming all over the lower level of the Essen Wildlife Refuge. They also have many names. Today I’ll call them a name my wife recently came across: showy fleabane daisy.
Troubled Bridge Over Water
My last bowl
Marty’s photo of the day #4456: Yeah, I know it’s just a bowl of soup. And yeah, I know that posting food pictures is way out of character for me. But this is my special last bowl of soup. No, I’m not fucking dying. But I have been home alone all week. Well, not totally […]
The lucky elephant
Marty’s photo of the day #4455: Hiking in a dried riverbed is a great place to find elephants, because the elephants know how to dig for water. Of course, not just any dried riverbed. This one is in Zimbabwe. And unlike many of the animals I searched for in Zimbabwe, an elephant walking towards me […]
Here’s an Adélie penguin
Marty’s photo of the day #4454: With only a few exceptions, each of my photos of the day features a picture that I’ve never posted before. That means, unless I return to Antarctica, I will eventually run out of penguin photos to post. But not today! Here’s an Adélie penguin.
Three-banded courser
Marty’s photo of the day #4453: Shhhh! I’m following a three-banded courser through the bush in Zimbabwe. Great camouflage, eh?
The six o’clock cicada
Marty’s photo of the day #4452: from the Borneo chapter of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: One creature that did follow a schedule was an insect called a “six o’clock cicada.” I was familiar with a variety of cicadas but had no idea an individual species could accurately tell time. According to […]
Platypus luck
Marty’s photo of the day #4451: When Deb and I traveled to Australia, one of our goals was to see a platypus. We had heard they were difficult to find, but we got lucky and saw multiple platypuses over multiple days. Photographing them was a different matter, however. They lived in a fairly wide section […]
Watching platypuses
Marty’s photo of the day #4450: Here’s an artsy photo I took of my wife, Deb, watching platypuses. After a 29 hour flight (including layovers) between Montana and Brisbane, Australia, then an in-country flight to Mackay, and then an hour-long drive, we arrived at the Broken River just a wee bit tired. Nevertheless, we were […]
Warthog photography
Marty’s photo of the day #4449: Warthogs can be difficult to photograph in the wild. Deb and I would be hiking along and all of a sudden we’d hear something crashing through the bush. By the time we figured out that it was a warthog running away from us and not a lion or a […]
Three hundred words for squirrel
Marty’s photo of the day #4448: Over the years, Deb and I have played many hundreds of games of Scrabble, and through all those games, we’re pretty much dead-even in wins and losses. Summer means the outdoor season, played weekends on the porch. Lately, I’ve been on a winning streak, but it really hasn’t been […]
Sleeping chick
Marty’s photo of the day #4447: A gentoo parent (could be a male or female) watches over his/her sleeping chick, along the coast of Antarctica.
Presenting Mitch . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #4446: This wild turkey was part of a multi-photo post from my motion-sensing camera a week ago. People liked it so much that I decided to promote it to a photo of the day. Ladies and gentlemen, I present Mitch “Wild Turkey” McConnell!
Aggressive momma ungulates
Marty’s photo of the day #4445: After 27 years of protecting our forested land as the Essen Wildlife Refuge, I really believe the animals have figured out that they are safer here than elsewhere. As proof, both the number of animals living around us and the variety of species are off-the-charts. Consequently, this summer’s theme […]