Marty’s photo of the day #3068: This is a male great curassow, photographed in Costa Rica.
Great curassow
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Riverside wren
Postman Butterfly
Too close for macaw
Marty’s photo of the day #3043: For me, this photo is more about victory than anything. During the week I was in Costa Rica, the macaws frustrated me. I could hear them, and sometimes I’d see them for a second or two as they flew through the rainforest. It wasn’t until my very last hike […]
Looking into your soul
Marty’s photo of the day #3038: This is a white-faced capuchin monkey that I photographed in Costa Rica. Doesn’t it feel like her eyes are looking right into your soul?
Jesus Christ, the lizard
Marty’s photo of the day #3037: This is a Jesus Christ lizard that I photographed in Costa Rica. They get their name because when they are small they can run across rivers and ponds on their hind legs. Big adults, like this one, sink.
Toucan
Marty’s photo of the day #3006: Toucans are difficult to photograph in the rainforest. They’re skittish and there always seems to be a tree branch blocking the view. Here’s one I photographed while hiking in Costa Rica.
The night orchid
Marty’s photo of the day #2984: I photographed this orchid in Costa Rica and spent a bit of time afterwards trying to identify it. The few similar flowers I found on the internet were simply called “purple and yellow orchids.” In other words, those who posted images before me had no idea what its name […]
The Jago River
Marty’s photo of the day #2972: You are looking at the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Here the river is frozen, but a few miles to the north, the river drops onto the Arctic Coastal Plain and begins to flow. That’s where Deb and I got into a canoe and paddled the […]
Did I cut the wrong one?
Marty’s photo of the day #2967: As I was finishing up the Costa Rica chapter in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, I had to pick one of two Hecale longwing butterfly photos. This is the shot that got cut. Thinking about it […]
Big World
Marty’s photo of the day #2964: It’s a big world out there when you’re a little lizard! (Photographed in Costa Rica)
That was some vile howling at the Trump rally
Marty’s photo of the day #2953: “Look, I’m a howler monkey, so I’ve heard some shit in my days. But yesterday, at the Trump rally, that was some vile, evil, sick howling. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that monkeys and humans evolved from a common ancestor!” (Photographed in Costa Rica).
Bats in the farmhouse
Marty’s photo of the day #2922: I took this photo in an abandoned farmhouse in the Costa Rican rainforest. This brief excerpt from my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, details the shot: Entering the large, dark back room was intense. When I shined […]
Bottlenose Dolphin
Marty’s photo of the day #2907: Today’s bottlenose dolphin photo is from my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.
Fred the Eyelash Viper
Marty’s photo of the day #2906: Today’s photo is from my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. You are looking at Fred the Eyelash Viper. He lived on a large leaf just outside the front door of the cabin Deb and I rented in […]
Brown pelicans in flight
Marty’s photo of the day #2895: Here’s a photo from my second book, “Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.” Brown pelicans in flight.
Heading to ANWR
Marty’s photo of the day #2881: I originally featured this picture in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico. I shot this from the co-pilot’s seat of a little airplane on what is almost certainly the most dangerous flight in North America. We’re heading […]
Toucan
Marty’s photo of the day #2878: I originally featured this picture in my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico.” It’s a toucan, photographed the Costa Rican rainforest.
The coolest snake in the forest
Marty’s photo of the day #2872: Of all the snakes one could encounter anywhere in the world, eyelash vipers may be the coolest. First, they come in a variety of colors, from green to brown to pink to yellow to white—and all those colors can come from the same litter. Second, they have rough scales […]
When butterflies deliver your mail
Marty’s photo of the day #2871: I dedicate today’s photo to Wanda LaCroix. She lives in Grecia, Costa Rica, and on February 1st I mailed her a copy of my new novel, “Time Is Irreverent 2: Jesus Christ, Not Again!” According to USPS tracking, the book traveled from Victor, Montana to Missoula to San Francisco […]