Marty’s photo of the day #4599: A rotting bridge in the Costa Rican rainforest, no longer useful for travel, but quite nice for photography.
Costa Rican bridge
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Year: 2023
Long-eared owl
Marty’s photo of the day #4598: Most people love owls without really thinking about why they do so. One of the reasons for that is because owls have faces that express emotions much like human faces do. I photographed this long-eared owl many years ago, while spending a day in northern Montana catching and banding […]
Paddling in the rainy season
Marty’s photo of the day #4597: During the rainy season, in the Amazon Rainforest, much—but not all—of the land floods. In this photo, my wife, Deb, is paddling her dugout through a portion of the forest where we had walked when we were there during the dry season. And the water varied between three and […]
Surfer photography
Marty’s photo of the day #4596: Deb and I traveled to Vancouver Island this past September only because extreme forest fires blocked our original trip to the very top of Canada. Partway through our Vancouver Island trip, I was still saying, “Since this will be the only time we’ll be here,” but by the time […]
Virtual arguments with my dead father
Marty’s photo of the day #4595: My dad, Paul W. Essen, died twelve years ago this week. As anyone who has read my book Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer knows, my father was a born again Christian to the extreme. In fact, he even believed his god wanted him […]
Steve Bannon’s spirit animal
Marty’s photo of the day #4594: Steve Bannon’s spirit animal. Molting female elephant seal, photographed on a tiny island near Antarctica.
Outside my writing room window
Marty’s photo of the day #4593: Yesterday, I posted an in-flight shot of a great gray owl. Today, I’m posting that same owl, perched outside my writing room window. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana.)
Great gray owl in flight
Marty’s photo of the day #4592: Great gray owl, photographed on the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Bitterroot Valley, Montana.
The baby Maverick
Marty’s photo of the day #4591: Three months ago, when Deb and I traveled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, we drove all the way to the town of Port Hardy, on the northern tip of the island. We stayed there for three days and ate at the Sporty Bar & Grill twice. The first time […]
Steller’s Jay Blue
Marty’s photo of the day #4590: When camping in Canada, one can always depend on the Steller’s jays showing up. I photographed this one back in September while camping on Vancouver Island. This one was checking out my Ford Maverick truck to see if I had left any food open in the back. Ford calls […]
Victoria Falls (again)
Marty’s photo of the day #4589: I’ve posted photos of Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) before, but here’s a different view. I shot this from the co-pilot’s seat of a bush plane.
Here, kitty, kitty
Jabiru stork
The stick library
Marty’s photo of the day #4586: As many of you know, Nellie had TPLO surgery on her left-rear leg four weeks ago. She’s doing great, but won’t be fully recovered until sometime in January. Until then, the veterinarian’s instructions are to not let Nellie climb stairs, run, or jump. That means keeping Nellie on a […]
From Costa Rica
Marty’s photo of the day #4585: I haven’t posted this one before, because I haven’t been able to find a positive ID. Photographed in Costa Rica.
Arctic Ocean canoeing
Marty’s photo of the day #4584: The last part of Deb’s and my canoe trip across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge included canoeing across a small section of the Arctic Ocean. It was stunning. (For more, read my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.)
Nellie’s TPLO surgery and that damn mattress
Marty’s photo of the day #4583: We are three-and-a-half weeks into the eight-to-twelve weeks of Nellie’s recovery from TPLO surgery on her left rear leg. The worst is over, at least for Nellie. As you can see, much of the hair has grown back on her leg (which had been shaved clean), so she doesn’t […]
Antarctica scenic
Marty’s photo of the day #4582: Antarctica scenic, featuring a gentoo penguin adult (both parents care for the chick) and chick.
Naptime for a baby moose
Marty’s photo of the day #4581: Naptime for a baby moose. (Photographed several years ago on the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Bitterroot Valley, Montana)
Tree frog
