Marty’s photo of the day #4277: Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of Alaska.
Caribou
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Year: 2023
Slightly pissed off
Marty’s photo of the day #4276: While hiking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, Deb and I met this slightly pissed off elephant, digging for water in a dry riverbed.
Come play with the puppy!
Marty’s photo of the day #4275: Nellie hurt her left rear leg late last summer. We had the vet look at it, but she couldn’t figure out the problem without sedating Nellie for an X-ray. The injury doesn’t appear to be serious, as the only time it’s noticeable is when she gets up from a […]
Annie the black flying fox
Marty’s photo of the day #4274: This is Annie, a black flying fox that I photographed in northern Queensland. She is a rescue animal, who once was a pet. Because of that, she doesn’t know how to fly. She now participates in a breeding program, where she gives birth to one pup a year. Researchers […]
Blue-footed booby
Marty’s photo of the day #4273: Blue-footed booby, photographed on an island in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico).
Chattanooga love!
Marty’s photos of the day #4269-4272: By some quirk, Chattanooga, Tennessee has become a very special city for me. I have performed “Around the World in 90 Minutes” there four times, and a week from today, I will add a fifth performance with a show at Southern Adventist University. It’s also the only city where […]
Night heron
Marty’s photo of the day #4268: Night heron, photographed on a tiny island in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico).
Female elephant seal
Marty’s photo of the day #4267: Female elephant seal, photographed on a tiny island along the coast of Antarctica.
Nellie takes over
Marty’s photo of the day #4266: Hey! It’s me, Nellie, taking over Dad’s morning post. I’ve been looking at the photos of the day Dad has been posting lately—residents of the Essen Wildlife Refuge, exotic animals from all over the world, and even a dog who lived at my house before me who could jump […]
Head-study, comb-crested agamid lizard
Marty’s photo of the day #4265: This is a male comb-crested agamid lizard (the females have a shorter crest), photographed on the island of Borneo.
Leaf-mimic mantis
Lace monitor
Marty’s photo of the day #4263: Just crawling through the wet tropical forest of northern Queensland, following a mildly venomous lace monitor.
Baby moose on the way!
Marty’s photos of the day #4259-4262: We could have a baby moose at the Essen Wildlife Refuge this spring! Every morning my dog, Nellie, enters my writing room and stares at me until I take her outside to play. Yesterday morning we followed our usual routine. In addition to playing ball, Nellie thoroughly sniffs and […]
Not what you think it is.
Marty’s photo of the day #4258: I know some followers of my posts cringe whenever I post snakes or other animals that don’t fit into the “warm and cuddly” category. But I’m a college speaker and author largely because I’m a wildlife advocate. All animals have value, and that includes snakes. Snakes, for instance, are […]
Admiring her own reflection
Marty’s photo of the day #4257: A swan so beautiful that she must admire her own reflection. Photographed in Italy.
She made it!
Marty’s photo of the day #4256: This is Annie. And yes, her jump was successful! She was an adoptee from an animal shelter. I still remember the day Deb and I brought her home. Annie was approximately two years old, nervous, and unsure of herself. The hallway to our bedroom overlooks the great room. It’s […]
The Aussie fangs-o-death
Marty’s photo of the day #4255: This short excerpt from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, explains the shot: I flicked on my flashlight. “Deb! It’s a Belizean fangs-o-death!” “Let me see. Wow, it’s amazingly similar to the orb weaver spiders in Belize. But its body isn’t as colorful or […]
Let’s go for a ride!
Marty’s photos of the day #4251-4254: Many years ago, I started going on early morning bike rides to stay in shape. My ride is roughly four miles, which isn’t far, but since I do it on a steep mountain road, often in the snow, it does the job. I quite literally wore out the drive […]
What if Dog Heaven made you choose?
Marty’s photo of the day #4250: Recently, I’ve been featuring a lot of photos from Deb’s and my epic adventure to the top of Canada, because I discovered some photo files on CD that I had unknowingly deleted from my computer years ago. This one, taken somewhere in Alberta, got me all choked up, as […]
Winter is back!
Marty’s photo of the day #4249: Winter is back! I was so tired of the upper-thirties melty-rainy shit. Yesterday, five glorious inches of snow arrived, and this morning it was a proper five degrees below zero. I shot this photo from my writing room window, a little before sunrise this morning. Dropping below are the […]