Marty’s photo of the day #3480: Great blue heron, photographed in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Great blue heron
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Artsy red-winged blackbird
Marty’s photo of the day #3465: Today we go artsy, with a red-winged blackbird, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Bear grass
Marty’s photo of the day #3453: For those already looking forward to summer—here’s some bear grass, in the mountains of western Montana.
Montana: bad and good
Marty’s photo of the day #3449: Montana may be a red state, with a backward population that elected a body-slammer for governor, voted for a crybaby narcissist for president, and aggravated the COVID-19 pandemic by believing in conspiracy theories, but when it comes to pure natural beauty the state is hard to beat. I took […]
Yellow-headed blackbird
Marty’s photo of the day #3448: This is a yellow-headed blackbird, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
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)
Stopped by a blizzard
I just added an extra day to my “Don’t Get COVID-19 and Die Tour.” If you saw my post this morning, you know I was attempting to drive from Price, Utah to home in Victor, Montana today. My wife and some Facebook friends in Montana all warned me not to try it, because of the […]
Author unmasked
Marty’s photo(s) of the day #3408: I took these two self-portraits in the green room last night, moments before going on stage at Eastern Arizona College. As mentioned in my previous “Don’t Get COVID-19 and Die Tour” posts, this was the only in-person show I planned on performing during the pandemic (I’m performing lots of […]
A field of mule’s ears
Marty’s photo of the day #3403: A field full of mule’s ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis), photographed in Montana.
Pine white butterfly
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
Montana rainbow
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.
Newspaper or Puppy?
Marty’s photo of the day #3342: Marty: “I love Sunday mornings in Montana—sitting out on the front porch, reading the Sunday paper with a cup of coffee by my side.” Nellie: “Forget the Sunday paper! You’d much rather pet the cute puppy, wouldn’t you? See how cute I am. How can you resist?”
Sharp-shinned hawk
Marty’s photo of the day #3335: This is a sharp-shinned hawk, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.