Marty’s photo of the day #4665: Yes, it looks painted, but this beetle that I photographed in the Amazon Rainforest is real.
Not painted
Zimbabwe elephant
Marty’s photo of the day #4664: I photographed this elephant while backpacking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. Yeah, I used a telephoto lens.
Lake Superior
Marty’s photo of the day #4664: This is Lake Superior, with Duluth, Minnesota far in the distance. When I was growing up in Duluth, photography wasn’t something I put much thought into. Someday, I’d like to go back and photograph the lake when the ice buckles and starts piling up along the shore. It can […]
Let’s play!
Marty’s photo of the day #4663: “Come on Dad! My bionic leg feels great. Let’s play!” *For those that don’t know about Nellie’s bionic leg: She had TPLO surgery to remove the cranial cruciate ligament in her left-rear leg, refit the bone in her knee, and hold everything together with a metal plate and six […]
Seba’s short-tailed bats
Marty’s photo of the day #4662: Seba’s short-tailed bats, photographed in a tiny, abandoned farmhouse in the rainforest of Costa Rica.
From the Essen Wildlife Refuge
Marty’s photo of the day #4661: Yesterday, I didn’t post any photos from my “This Week at the Essen Wildlife Refuge” series that I often post on Sundays. That’s because at this time of year, the animal life in front of my motion-sensing cameras slows down substantially. Nevertheless, I’ve decided to share this recent, rather […]
Front porch elk
Marty’s photo of the day #4660: Other than Yellowstone National Park, The Amazon Rainforest of Peru, or Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, I’ve never experienced more consistent wildlife sightings than on the Essen Wildlife Refuge (the 25 acres Deb and I own and fiercely protect, surrounding our house). Rarely does a day goes by […]
Hippos, the second day
Marty’s photo of the day #4659: As anyone who has read my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, or seen my college show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, knows, my wife, Deb, and I were attacked by a hippo on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. The hippo literally bit through […]
Gopher tortoise
African rock python
Marty’s photo of the day #4657: This is an eleven-foot-long African rock python that I caught, held for a few minutes, and then released in Zimbabwe.
Yukon Territory Scenic
Brown pelican
Feeding the kids
Marty’s photo of the day #4654: A badger mother returns home after a successful hunt. Now, if she can only wake up her adolescent children! (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Nellie is back!
Marty’s photo of the day #4653: Nellie is back! As many of you know, Nellie had TPLO surgery on her left rear leg on November 1. That surgery involved removing her cranial cruciate ligament, refitting the bone in her knee, and holding everything together with a metal plate and six screws. It’s her “bionic leg.” […]
Killdeer
The Memory Rock
Marty’s photo of the day #4651: This photo, from late October 2020, brings back a lot of memories for me. The COVID-19 pandemic was still in the Trumpy stage, and I got booked to present my show, “Around the World in 90 Minutes,” at Eastern Arizona College. Most of my other college gigs had been […]
Kind of like the Far Side bear
Marty’s photo of the day #4650: This bear photo, from a few years ago, always reminds me of the split-panel Far Side cartoon, where a bear is just going about his business, harming no one, and then a hunter comes along and shoots him. The next panel shows the stuffed bear on display in the […]
Swan
Magic at 3:00 a.m.
Marty’s photo of the day #4648: The expedition to Antarctica Deb and I did many years ago for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, was absolutely magical. We’ve discussed doing it again, but we know that trying to recreate magic like that seldom works. Then, this week, we learned that […]
Greater kudu
