Marty’s photo of the day #5095: I photographed this Boyd’s forest dragon on a night-hike in Australia. These lizards get to be about 20 inches long. Unlike most lizards, they do not bask in the sun to regulate body temperature. Instead . . . (Click ALT for full text.) #photography #nature #animals

Marty’s photo of the day #5094: Five thousand pounds of snorting attitude. (Photographed while canoeing the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.) #photography #nature #wildlife

Marty’s photo of the day #5093: This is a green iguana, photographed on the island of Bonaire. #photography #wildlife #nature #animals

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.) #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5091: This is a howler monkey baby and mother, photographed in Costa Rica. #photography #nature

It’s cold and rainy day here in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, but the white-breasted nuthatches don’t care. #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5090: Galapagos sea lion, photographed in the Galapagos Islands. #photography #sealife

Marty’s photo of the day #5089: Iceberg along the coast of Antarctica. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5088: Sally Lightfoot crabs, photographed in the Galapagos Islands. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5088: This is a bush cricket. It would fill the palm of an average person’s hand. (Photographed in Zimbabwe.) #photography #wildlife #insects

Marty’s photo of the day #5087: This is a Borneo pygmy elephant. It is a unique, genetically distinct subspecies of the Asian elephant, about 20% smaller than mainland Asian elephants, reaching a height of roughly 9 feet. (Photographed on the island of Borneo.) #nature #photography #animals

Marty’s photo of the day #5086: I found this heartleaf arnica under a rock shelf in the mountains. Protection from the elements kept it in pristine condition. (Photographed at “The Secret Spot” in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.) #photography #flowers

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Marty’s photo of the day #5085: Dragonfly, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5084: When I photographed this leopard, the sun had set and my camera was screaming for light. I brightened, sharpened, and denoised the photo to make it acceptable for posting. (Photographed in Zimbabwe.) #photography #nature #wildlife

Marty’s photo of the day #5083: This underwater scene features reticulated dascyllus and black-tailed dascyllus. (Photographed in the Raja Ampat of Indonesian New Guinea.) #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5082: I think cinnamon teals are such pretty ducks. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.) #photography #nature #birds

Marty’s photo of the day #5081: An iceberg along the coast of Antarctica. #photography #nature #Antarctica

Marty’s photo of the day #5080: I love sharks! This is a whitetip reef shark, photographed in the Galapagos Islands. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5079: “You can’t see me!” (Columbian ground squirrel, photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana) #photography #nature

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. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5078: It’s an excellent bear grass year at Deb’s and my secret spot. #photography #natures

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Marty’s photo of the day #5077: Here’s an artsy photo from yesterday’s hike at Deb’s and my secret spot. All over Montana, trees have been dropping their pinecones at an accelerated rate. This shot makes that point. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5076: This is a humpback whale, photographed along the coast of Antarctica. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5075: This is life when you live 2,830 miles away from the White Trash Despot and don’t even know he exists. (Galapagos sea lion, photographed in the Galapagos Islands.) #photography #nature #sealife #islands

Marty’s photo of the day #5074: Singing away! This is a yellow-headed blackbird. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.) #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5073: This is a Galapagos Gregory, photographed in the Galapagos Islands. #photography #sealife

Marty’s photo of the day #5072: Canada geese are so common we forget how beautiful they are. With this photo, my goal was to present the goose in an uncommon way. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.) #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5071: Sandhill cranes stand four-feet-tall, mate for life, and have a lifespan that reaches into the thirties. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.) #birds #photography

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. #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5069: Sea otters, photographed off the coast of Vancouver Island. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5068: This is a female elephant seal. She looks a bit rough, because it’s molting season. (Photographed on a tiny island off the coast of Antarctica.) #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5067: Lemmings are cuter and much more intelligent than Trump voters. They won’t follow their cult leader over a cliff. (Photographed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.) #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5066: I’ve been trying to photograph this pheasant for quite a while, but he’s fast and spooks easily. Just look at all those colors! (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana) #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5065: A close look at a cactus cladode. (Photographed in the Galapagos Islands.) #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5064: The flamingo reflecting pond. (Photographed in the Galapagos Islands.) #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5063: This is Antarctica at night. I got up at 3:00 a.m. to shoot this photo. The month was February (summer in Antarctica), when it never gets totally dark outside. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5062: It’s feeding time for a Nazca booby chick. (Photographed in the Galapagos Islands.) #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5061: This is a poison dart frog, carrying tadpoles. Both males and females carry tadpoles. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.) #nature #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5060: These are howler monkeys, photographed in Costa Rica. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5059: This is a Galapagos tortoise (also known as a giant tortoise), photographed on Santa Cruz Island. At the time of this photo, the tortoise was migrating from the humid highlands to the dry lowlands and had stopped at a waterhole for a soak. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5058: Deb and I are returning to Vancouver Island in the fall. I photographed the bald eagle the last time we were there. #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5057: Red-winged blackbird, photographed in he Bitterroot Valley of Montana. #birds #photography #Montana

Marty’s photo of the day #5056: Great blue heron, photographed earlier this year in the Galapagos Islands. #birds #photography

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Marty’s photo of the day #5055: Canoeing with a pissed off hippo in Zimbabwe. Not that being pissed off is unusual for hippos. It’s pretty much their happy place. #photography #nature

Marty’s photo of the day #5054: People seldom point and exclaim, “Look! There’s a tree swallow!” as they might do with an eagle, parrot, or pterodactyl. Well, here’s a second look at this common bird. You just have to see them at the proper angle to appreciate their beauty. #birds #photography

Marty’s photo of the day #5054: This is Deb and me, laughing after canoeing down the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe and being attacked by a hippo. The hippo bit through the middle of our canoe, lifted us six feet into the air, and dumped us on the . . . (Tap ALT for full text.) #photography #nature .

The flowers are blooming on the Essen Wildlife Refuge. This is arrowleaf balsamroot. #photography #flowers