I took Nellie out for a walk this afternoon and routed us past where I had seen a nighthawk multiple times. All of a sudden mother nighthawk blasted out from under a pine tree and did her wounded bird act. At the same time, her chick flew off in the opposite direction. I moved away, […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5120: Yesterday, I watched this great blue heron scratch and fluff just about every part of its body—all while standing on one leg. What amazing flexibility and balance! (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5119: Dragonfly, photographed this morning in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Marty’s photo of the day #5118: Nellie’s recovery from getting her second bionic rear leg will take at least 8 weeks, so I must restrict her to leash walks to keep her from engaging warp drive too early. Because of that, we are covering every inch of the 25-acre Essen Wildlife Refuge. And since Nellie […]
One of Nellie’s jobs is to protect my red writing chair when I’m not in it. Few people understand how important a chair can be to an author. I bought this chair more than 20 years ago. It’s not a high-quality chair, and it was never intended to be the chair I wrote 10 books […]
Years ago, I lost all interest in the NBA, but I really enjoy the WNBA—especially the Minnesota Lynx. The talent the women have is amazing, and their version of basketball is uniquely entertaining. It’s also the most politically liberal professional sports league in America. Deb and I stream the Lynx games, and we are often […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5117: This is a mudskipper, a fish that spends more time out of water than in it. They breathe on land by absorbing oxygen through their moist skin; they propel themselves by using their fins as legs; and since fish don’t have eyelids, they keep their eyeballs moist by periodically […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5116: Sunset over the Raja Ampat of New Guinea. Shot last year while sailing on the wooden pinisi ship the Katharina.
Marty’s photo of the day #5114: This is a Christmas tree marine iguana (also known as Española marine iguanas). It is a subspecies marine iguana, found only on Española island. While most marine iguanas are black to absorb sun heat, the males on Española turn brilliant red and green to attract mates—an adaption believed to […]
Jonathan Cain, the second keyboardist for the band Journey, has been ranting on right-wing media that Bruce Springsteen should just “shut up” about politics. Really? Why is it that right-wingers get all upset about liberal musicians, actors, and others in the entertainment industry speaking about politics and then think it’s perfectly okay to turn around […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5112: As a photographer, I consider it cheating to photograph a hummingbird sitting at a feeder. So I challenge myself to catch them in flight or on branches. You are looking at a female rufous hummingbird, photographed yesterday at the Essen Wildlife Refuge.
Marty’s photo of the day #5111: As most of you know, last week our psychopathic führer, Donald Trump, blamed Canada for the forest fire smoke crossing into America. What you may not know is that it is not the first time a Republican has tried that bullshit. Today’s photo shows the great fire of 2000—the […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5110: I shot this photo of the Bear Glacier in 2002, while traveling in Canada for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Now the glacier has melted into a fraction of what it once was. Some photos I’ve seen show that the ice doesn’t even […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5109: I only watched about a minute of Donald Trump’s speech last night, but it was enough to remind me that I hadn’t posted this photo of a blowhole I shot earlier this year in the Galapagos Islands.
Marty’s photo of the day #5108: It’s been three weeks since my dog, Nellie, got her second bionic rear leg (TPLO surgery with a metal plate and six screws), and she is recovering much faster than the first time. She has to stay on leash for eight weeks, and this morning she practically dragged me […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5107: Many of the flowers at the Essen Wildlife Refuge have gone to seed, but that doesn’t make them unworthy of admiring.
Marty’s photo of the day #5106: Here’s a scenic shot from the top of the world. I’m standing a short distance from where the Jago River enters the Arctic Ocean—looking south over the river and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
