Marty’s photo of the day #4737: This is my favorite image from yesterday’s early morning photo shoot. “Gadwall, cleared for takeoff!” (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Gadwall, Cleared for Takeoff!
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A Family of Canada Geese
Marty’s photo of the day #4736: I got up early this morning to photograph birds. I was watching a quiet pond, when all of a sudden this family of Canada geese pushed through the reeds. So adorable! (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Badger Close-Up
Great Horned Owl Chicks
Marty’s photo of the day #4662: You are looking at a great horned owl and her chicks. Don’t worry. All three chicks are fine. That’s how they sleep! Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Great Horned Owl
Turkey vulture
Osprey
A Four-Pack of Badgers
Marty’s photo of the day #4451: A four-pack of badgers. Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Gadwall
Marty’s photo of the day #4794: This is a gadwall, photographed last month, in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Moving to Montana: The Short Version
Marty’s photo of the day #4781: The short story of Deb and me moving to Montana is that we had rented a cabin from a friend-of-a-friend on the East Fork of the Bitterroot River at the far southern end of the Bitterroot Valley. It was 1992, and we were driving home to Minneapolis after renting […]
Bufflehead
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Marty’s photo of the day #4762: Columbian ground squirrel, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Yeloow-headed blackbird
Marty’s photo of the day #4757: This is a yellow-headed blackbird, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Cinnamon teal
Marty’s photo of the day #4756: This is a cinnamon teal, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Mitch one, two, three!
Marty’s photo of the day #4755: These are western painted turtles, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. And I found out their names! The one on the left is Mitch; the one on the right is his brother Mitch; and the one on the bottom is his other brother Mitch.
Great blue heron
Buffleheads
Marty’s photo of the day #4753: Bufflehead mother and chicks. Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Ring-necked duck
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)
Kate, raccoon!
Marty’s photo of the day #4634: This old photo, shot directly behind Deb’s and my house, will always make me think of our late golden retriever, Kate. She was the first to spot the raccoon, and for years afterward we could call out, “Kate, raccoon!” and she’d look in the same tree. Admittedly, I often […]