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Marty’s photo of the day #5098: Two days ago, I featured an action shot of this nighthawk. Today, I’m featuring a portrait. Nellie (the dog), gets partial credit for this photo, as she pointed the bird out to me. (Photographed at the Essen Wildlife Refuge in Montana.)
Marty’s photo of the day #5097: For the second day in a row, Nellie gets credit for my photo of the day. Until her new bionic leg heals, she is restricted to leash walks, and it was during a leash walk yesterday through the Essen Wildlife Refuge that we spotted this nighthawk. The nighthawk immediately […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5096: My dog, Nellie, has amazing senses. She gets credit for this shot. It was well after sunset when we stepped out onto the front porch. Immediately she knew something was sleeping among the trees a hundred feet straight out from us. I couldn’t tell what it was, so I […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5092: I watched these two pileated woodpeckers pick apart an old, downed tree yesterday. (Photographed at the Essen Wildlife Refuge in Montana.)
This spring I moved my motion-sensing cameras near the fox dens on the Essen Wildlife Refuge, hoping to capture images of baby foxes. No babies yet, but this deer cracked me up.
Marty’s photo of the day #5070: We have some incredibly tall trees on the Essen Wildlife Refuge. These aren’t the tallest ones, but I had good light and a wide-angle lens on my camera. So I tried to capture the feel of their height.
Deb and I own thousands of trees on the Essen Wildlife Refuge. Nevertheless, the trees aren’t always in the right place. A gravel road passes by on the far side of our property, and I’m getting tired of the dust from vehicles passing by. So this year, I’m transplanting trees from one side of the […]
The flowers are blooming on the Essen Wildlife Refuge! The common name for this tiny flower is a nineleaf biscuitroot. It is part of the carrot family, and, apparently, its taproot is edible.
The flowers are blooming on the Essen Wildlife Refuge! I wasn’t able to identify this flower because it is so small—the size of the head of a pin! For the photographers out there, I used a Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS macro lens plus a 31mm extension tube to get close enough. And a lot […]
The flowers are blooming on the Essen Wildlife Refuge! This tiny spiny sandwort is roughly the size of the tip of your pinky finger.
The flowers are blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, so I took some time today to photograph them. Nellie thought she was a far better subject.
This is Woodena, my new pet tree! She is a rescue tree. My spring project has been to move some of the tiny spruce trees on the far side of the Essen Wildlife Refuge and transplant them along the gravel road that passes by Deb’s and my house. I have been busy watering them and […]
This moose has been hanging out at the Essen Wildlife Refuge for at least three days. Last night, I took our dog, Nellie, outside for a final pee before going to bed. While she did that, I went into the garage to look for some gloves for my wife. I was in the garage for […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5023: Yesterday I was experimenting with different camera settings and lenses to prepare for a couple international trips and needed a subject to photograph. That’s when this big bull moose showed up and said, “I’ll pose for you!” (Photographed on the Essen Wildlife Refuge in Montana.)
Marty’s photo of the day #4888: A moose portrait. Photographed in the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Montana.
Marty’s photo of the day #4863: This is Martha the moose. She is a part-time resident of the Essen Wildlife Refuge (Montana).
Marty’s photo of the day #4860: Canada lynx, photographed on the Essen Wildlife Refuge in Montana. This is a rescue animal, so technically it’s a cheat shot.
Marty’s photo of the day #4823: Naptime for the baby moose. (Photographed on the Essen Wildlife Refuge in Montana)
