Marty’s photo of the day #3448: This is a yellow-headed blackbird, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Yellow-headed blackbird
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Female hooded merganser
Marty’s photo of the day #3438: This is a female hooded merganser, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Hurry up Mom. We’re hungry!
Marty’s photo of the day #3436: Juvenile badgers, waiting for mom to bring home breakfast. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
What dogs tell us
Marty’s photo of the day #3388: Since Deb and I moved to Montana’s Bitterroot Valley in 1996, we’ve had multiple dogs, including three adopted from the local animal shelter. We’ll never know for sure what our adopted canine family members went through previously, but they’ve given us a pretty good idea. Our first, Annie, (a […]
Muskrat
Artsy duck
Marty’s photo of the day #3363: Today we go a bit artsy with this female mallard duck. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Sleeping baby owls
Marty’s photo of the day #3362: This is a great horned owl watching over her three chicks. I’ve never seen baby owls sleep this way, but despite looking dead, they are very much alive. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Calliope hummingbird
Marty’s photo of the day #3353: Here’s a calliope hummingbird, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Sharp-shinned hawk
Marty’s photo of the day #3335: This is a sharp-shinned hawk, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
The Great Stupidity Purge of 2020
Let’s call the COVID-19 pandemic what it is: The Great Stupidity Purge of 2020. A key trait of conservatism/Republicanism is that once a person believes something is true, no evidence whatsoever will convince that person to change his/her mind. Consequently, those initial months of Donald Trump treating COVID-19 as nothing more serious than the flu […]
Pileated woodpecker
Marty’s photo of the day #3325: This is a pileated woodpecker, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Osprey
A spruce grouse is lookin’ at you
Marty’s photo of the day #3317: This is a spruce grouse, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
California Quail
Showy fleabane daisies
Marty’s photo of the day #3312: This is the second year in a row that the Bitterroot Valley has had more rain than usual, so the wildflowers around our house are still blooming everywhere. I’m not an expert on flowers, so I had to check with the wifely identification organism (WIO) to get the correct […]
The end of Lucy
Marty’s photo of the day #3311: Yesterday was the end of Lucy. Ten years ago, when Lucy was six, she had X-rays after a hip popped out wrestling with another one of our dogs. The vet said not only were her hips shot, but she had a tendon ready to snap. When that happened she’d […]
Montana’s Bitterroot Valley
Marty’s photo of the day #3268: Yesterday Deb and I went hiking in the Calf Creek Wildlife Management Area, which is in the foothills of the Sapphire Mountains, on the opposite side of the valley we live in. For those not familiar with the area, Montana’s Bitterroot Valley is 95-miles-long, with a population of just […]
Bighorn sheep
Marty’s photo of the day #3242: Bighorn sheep, photographed in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
The gift of toilet paper
Marty’s photo of the day #3207: Those who regularly follow my posts know about all the far-right Republicans that live within a few miles of Deb’s and my house. We do have one liberal family a quarter mile away from us, however, and the husband, Aaron, and I do most of the maintenance on our […]
Playful badgers
Marty’s photo of the day #3205: Playful badgers. Or at least I think they were playing. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)