Marty’s photos of the day #4568: A cranky, molting, female elephant seal, photographed on a foggy, tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.
Molting and cranky
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Month: November 2023
Laughable
Marty’s photos of the day #4567: This is a laughing kookaburra, photographed in Australia. Here’s what I wrote about these birds in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: Though not as stunning as the kingfishers or cockatoos, laughing kookaburras are handsome gray and white birds with a very famous call: […]
Young spectacled caiman
Marty’s photos of the day #4567: This is a young spectacled caiman, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Bonnie the silver wallaroo
Marty’s photos of the day #4567: My wife, Deb, holding Bonnie, a baby silver wallaroo. (Photographed in Australia)
Anole lizard
Marty’s photos of the day #4566: Here’s a photo from my second book, “Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.” Anole lizard, photographed in Costa Rica.
Orangutans and Oil Palm Plantations
Marty’s photos of the day #4565: I photographed this orangutan on the island of Borneo. Orangutans could go extinct in the wild within 30 years, primarily because of oil palm plantations. So I will tell you what I tell students when I speak at colleges: watch your labels and avoid palm oil! You just might […]
Vancouver Island morning
Marty’s photos of the day #4564: The first sight, stepping out of the tent on a glorious Vancouver Island morning, September, 2023.
Nellie’s TPLO surgery, day #2
Marty’s photos of the day #4563: Nellie’s recovery from TPLO (Doggy Tommy John) surgery on her left-rear leg—Day #2. Nellie is such a trooper! Last night Deb and I slept with Nellie on a mattress on the floor of our great room (something will be doing for the next eight-to-twelve weeks). The mattress is much […]
Iceberg
White-faced capuchin monkey
