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Please Don’t Step on Me
Marty’s photo of the day #4866: This is a fer-de-lance, photographed on a night hike in Costa Rica. Even though this venomous snake species kills more people than any other snake in the western hemisphere, they avoid people. Bites happen most often when they are stepped on.
Ready to Run
Marty’s photo of the day #4845: This is a Jesus Christ lizard, ready to run across the surface of the water at the first sign of danger. (Photographed in Costa Rica)
In Her Arms
Marty’s photo of the day #4774: Imagine walking through a wet tropical forest in Costa Rica, looking up at a jumble of arms and legs—and there he is. A baby howler monkey in his mother’s arms!
Pink Hibiscus
Long-Billed Hermit
Howler Monkey Baby
Marty’s photo of the day #4702: This is a baby howler monkey. Note the mother’s head just above the baby. Photographed in Costa Rica.
Erato Heliconian Butterfly
Pleasant Dreams!
Marty’s photo of the day #4686: Here’s a photo to study closely before bedtime. These are Seba’s short-tailed bats, photographed in Costa Rica.
Photographing the Eagle Ray
Marty’s photo of the day #4644: Before I was into underwater photography, I photographed this eagle ray from a small boat in Costa Rica. Deb and I are heading to an island off the coast of Belize in a few months. Eagle rays are there too, and I’ll be ready with my underwater camera!
Fred the Eyelash Viper
Marty’s photo of the day #4609: This is Fred the Eyelash Viper. He hung out near the door of the cabana my wife and I were renting the entire time I was working on the Costa Rica section of my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and […]
Bats in Costa Rica
Takeoff!
Marty’s photo of the day #4558: Brown pelicans taking flight. Photographed in Costa Rica. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Toucan
Marty’s photo of the day #4556: I photographed this toucan in Costa Rica. This photo also appears in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Spider Monkey
Coqui frog
Marty’s photo of the day #4462: Coqui frog, photographed in Puerto Rico. This photo also appears in my four-time award-winning book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
The Baby Howler Monkey
Marty’s photo of the day #4448: I photographed this howler monkey baby in Costa Rica. I love the reaching-out hand. And if you look just beyond the baby’s left ear, you will see part of the mother’s face.
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Marty’s photo of the day 4433: When I was in Costa Rica, I saw this bird for maybe two seconds before it took off. So this photo isn’t as crisp as what I usually post. Nevertheless, it was a new bird sighting for me. It’s a scarlet-rumped tanager.
Jesus Christ! . . . Lizards
Marty’s photo of the day #4807: Here’s a pair of Jesus Christ lizards. The smaller one, near the bottom of the tree, can run across rivers and ponds on its hind legs. The larger one, higher in the tree, has grown too big to do that and would sink. Photographed in Costa Rica.
Day #2 of Seven Marty Essen Books in Seven Days
Day #2 of Seven Marty Essen Books in Seven Days, featured in order of publication. We continue with the four-time award-winning Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. “Join photographer extraordinaire Marty Essen and his intrepid wife Deb on their adventures through four Endangered Edens. You’ll be […]