Marty’s photos of the day #4574: This is an American oystercatcher, photographed in Mexico.
American oystercatcher
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White ibis
How not to be seen
Marty’s photos of the day #4572: A lion demonstrating “how not to be seen,” along the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.
Leopard seal surfacing
Marty’s photos of the day #4571: A leopard seal pops out of the water along the coast of Antarctica.
Nellie: day ten
Marty’s photos of the day #4570: Ten days have gone by since Nellie’s TPLO surgery (think doggie Tommy John surgery) on her left rear leg, which means that Deb and I have only seventy-four more days of waiting on Nellie paw and foot. Yeah, the novelty of all of us camping out on a mattress […]
Hippo canoe
Marty’s photos of the day #4569: This is me, looking through the hole in Deb’s and my canoe after a hippo bit through it and lifted us six feet into the air. For the whole story, click here for a video from my college show Around the World in 90 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ChLv0RlsHs&t=4s (Photo taken in […]
Molting and cranky
Marty’s photos of the day #4568: A cranky, molting, female elephant seal, photographed on a foggy, tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.
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
Nellie makes a toy
Marty’s photos of the day #4560: Today is Nellie’s 4th birthday! Well, give or take three months. When Deb and I adopted Nellie, a little over three years ago, she had been a stray. So no one really knows her exact birthday. I chose Halloween for her because she’s a black dog. As I’ve mentioned […]
Wickup (fireweed)
Marty’s photos of the day #4559: This is wickup (fireweed), photographed last month on Vancouver Island.
Cape buffalo
Marty’s photos of the day #4558: Cape buffalo, considered by many to be the most dangerous animal in Africa (after humans, of course). (Photographed in Zimbabwe)
Montana snow
Marty’s photos of the day #4557: Fun with snow! You’re looking at the good version of “fun”: the view from my writing room window this morning. The not so fun version of the 7 inches of snow we received was that Deb and I were without electricity for about 5 hours yesterday (the heavy snow […]