Marty’s photo of the day #3966: Spending a little quality time, petting an octopus in the Sea of Cortez.
Petting an octopus
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Octopus between my feet
Marty’s photo of the day #3950: Just relaxing on the floor or the Sea of Cortez, with an octopus between my feet.
Blue-footed booby
Marty’s photo of the day #3933: This is a blue-footed booby, photographed on a tiny island in the Sea of Cortez.
Sea lions personalities
Marty’s photo of the day #3890: Sure, it’s anthropomorphizing, but every sea lion in this photo seems to be projecting a different personality. I especially love the baby and what appears to be her concerned mother, leaning forward. (Photographed on a tiny island in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico)
Brandt’s cormorant
Marty’s photo of the day #3818: Here is a Brandt’s cormorant that I photographed in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico).
A raft of sea lions
Marty’s photo of the day #3816: Swimming with a raft of sea lions in the Sea of Cortez. There are eleven, possibly twelve sea lions in this photo.
The Brandt’s Cormorant Trio
Marty’s photo of the day #3778: Here is a trio of Brandt’s cormorants that I photographed on a rocky island in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico).
Vulture
Marty’s photo of the day #3776: I photographed this vulture on an early morning, near the Sea of Cortez, in Mexico.
Sea lion
Ravens
Marty’s photo of the day #3702: Ravens atop cardon cactus, at sunrise, near the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
Sunset on the Sea of Cortez
Sea lions!
Marty’s photo of the day #3665: Swimming with sea lions in the Sea of Cortez was so cool! They were such curious creatures.
Brown Pelican
Swimming with sea lions
Marty’s photo of the day #3590: Getting crisp underwater photos is tough, because light is limited and the water and subject are always moving. Still, I had to try! This is a curious sea lion I swam with in the Sea of Cortez.
Brown pelican
Playing with octopuses
Marty’s photo of the day #3489: This is one of the two octopuses Deb and I played with while visiting the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. The story of our octopus adventure will appear in my sixth book, Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer. That book is ready to go, […]
Sea lions don’t socially distance!
Marty’s photo of the day #3478: Someday, late this year, we won’t have to socially distance either. (Sea lions, photographed in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico)
Sunset on the Sea of Cortez
Cactus gulls
Marty’s photo of the day #3468: Here’s a scene you don’t see every day—gulls atop cactuses. The photo makes more sense when you know that I was on the Sea of Cortez, looking ashore, when I took it.
The octopus watcher
Marty’s photo of the day #3457: I will have a short segment on Deb’s and my Sea of Cortez octopus adventure in my upcoming book, Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer. The book won’t have any photos, but if it did, this one of an octopus looking at us from […]