Marty’s photo of the day #4721: I captured this somewhat grainy image with one of my motion-sensing cameras. For 28 years, my wife and I have protected our 25 acres as the Essen Wildlife Refuge. In the grand scale of Montana, our acreage is hardly anything. Nevertheless, people like us are sometimes castigated as greedy […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4720: That moment when you realize they’re gonna make you swim and discover that you were born with hooves, not fins.
Marty’s photo of the day #4718: Look closely. It’s a penguin colony on an island off the coast of Antarctica. Most of the penguins are gentoos, but some are Adélies.
Marty’s photo of the day #4717: This is me, saying hi to a baby Amazon tree boa in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Marty’s photo of the day #4716: When I write and post photos of Deb’s and my Zimbabwe expedition, they are usually from our backpacking trip across Mana Pools National Park. Sometimes I forget that we also spent a few days in Matusadona National Park. Highlights here were quietly sneaking up on a black rhino and […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4715: Here’s a shot from last September—a gray whale near Vancouver Island.
Marty’s photo of the day #4714: I photographed this spotted bush snake in Zimbabwe. It’s a relatively close mimic of the deadly boomslang.
Marty’s photo of the day #4712: This year, Freezeout Lake (located 200 miles northeast of where I live, in Montana) featured one of those amazing snow geese migration stopovers. It seems that every time that happens, Deb or I are either traveling or in the midst of a project (this year Deb was teaching weaving […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4711: A pretty little waterfall, hidden in the mountains, near the coast of northern Queensland, Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4710: Deb and I met this adorable Iban girl at a longhouse, after our backpacking trip through the rainforest of Borneo.
Marty’s photo of the day #4709: This is a rather confusing photo, until you know what it is. While hiking in Zimbabwe, I came across a huge old tree with a hole in its side. I wanted to know if anything was living in the tree, so I stuck my camera inside (with the flash […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4708: Two wild and crazy turkeys, ready for wild and crazy turkey sex! (Motion-sensing camera photographed at the Essen Wildlife Refuge)
Marty’s photo of the day #4707: Just sittin’, watching a grizzly bear lumber by, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Marty’s photo of the day #4706: It’s too early for the Rufous hummingbirds to arrive here in Montana, so here’s one that hung out around the house a few years ago. Come to think of it, he could have hung out for multiple summers and maybe he’ll even return this year. Hummingbirds aren’t particularly long-lived […]
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!
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 […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4703: A humpback whale, comin’ right at ya! (Photographed off the coast of Antarctica)
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 […]
