Marty’s photo of the day #4705: Once you get as far away from the cities and towns as possible, you can have Puerto Rico to yourself!
All alone in Puerto Rico
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Year: 2024
The disappearing moose
Marty’s photo of the day #4704: This is another photo of our spring moose, Martha. She has been hanging out in the Essen Wildlife Refuge for a few weeks now. Unless I’m traveling, not a day goes by that I don’t walk at least part of the 25 forested acres Deb and I protect for […]
Comin’ right at ya!
Marty’s photo of the day #4703: A humpback whale, comin’ right at ya! (Photographed off the coast of Antarctica)
This time, she’d had enough!
Marty’s photo of the day #4702: And suddenly, Nellie’s body stiffened. The crisp morning air carried the distant chirping of birds, and the exhilarating scent of fresh deer poop teased her senses. Yet at that moment, her eyes were fixated on the one creature that possessed the audacity to disrupt her joyful game of ball […]
Adélie penguin
Marty’s photo of the day #4701: Adélie penguin, photographed on a tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.
The Return of the Spring Moose
Marty’s photo of the day #4700: Here at the Essen Wildlife Refuge—the 25 acres at the edge of the mountains in Montana that Deb and I protect from hunters, loggers, and four-wheelers—we have always had a consistent population of moose. Sometimes we only see their scat and tracks; other times we will see them in-person […]
Snake wine
Marty’s photo of the day #4699: This photo goes back to 2014, when Lara Flynn Boa was just a snakeling. Now she’s almost six feet long. It shows the importance of introducing a snake to the wonders of wine* early in its life! *Not really.
Bluebirds
Marty’s photo of the day #4698: Bluebirds—female and male—photographed in Yellowstone National Park.
Damn branch!
Marty’s photo of the day #4697: I had to work hard to get into position to photograph this toucan. In the rainforest, there is almost always a branch in the way! (Photographed in Costa Rica).
Butterfly pea
Marty’s photo of the day #4696: I photographed this butterfly pea in a wet tropical forest in Australia. I don’t think it’s native to Australia, however.
Crossing to Antarctica
Marty’s photo of the day #4695: Deb and I have occasionally talked about returning to Antarctica, but we recently learned that getting to Antarctica by crossing the Drake Passage (famous for the roughest seas in the world) has largely become a thing of the past. Instead, people fly down to Antarctica and then get on […]
Watch your hands!
Marty’s photo of the day #4694: I photographed this while backpacking in Borneo. I haven’t identified the species. While it’s probably harmless, it’s still one of the many reasons why Deb and I had to be careful about accidentally touching things during our adventure.
The alligator close-up
Zambezi Sunset
Spanish Ibex ver 2003
Marty’s photo of the day #4691: I shot this Spanish Ibex photo back in 2003, with my first digital camera (a Sony Mavica that recorded onto a mini CD). That camera was great for close-up photos of stationary objects, but not so great for distant or moving objects. Through the years, my photo processing programs […]
Moonshot
Marty’s photo of the day #4690: Last night there was a stunning moon over the mountains. I grabbed my camera and tried a few handheld shots. It’s fun when the camera sees what the human eye can’t: all I saw was the white, but the camera saw the entire moon.
Yellow-billed stork
Velvet swampsnake
Lousewort
Ring-tailed lemur
Marty’s photo of the day #4687: Several years ago, I presented my show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, at the Oglebay Good Zoo in West Virginia. I have mixed feelings about zoos, which I won’t get into here. After my show, I got a private behind the scenes tour of the zoo that included […]