by Kerri Martin | Oct 30, 2020 | Wildlife Blog
Each tentative step produced more frenzied hopping. Toadlet after toadlet scrambled over, under and through a spider web of dew-laced grass. The closer Cherie and I got to the shoreline, the more abundant the toadlets became. Having just meet a toad couple named Nelly... 
by Kerri Martin | Oct 22, 2020 | Wildlife Blog
In August 2006, I poked a toad. While light and brief, my touch was enough to cause one thick, front arm to nudge slightly upward. This toad was indeed alive – that was all I needed to know. Relief and gratitude flooded my body. I am not proud of myself for... 
by Kerri Martin | Sep 24, 2020 | Wildlife Blog
The naked, fallen tree trunk protruding from a thick blanket of vegetation was a beacon of hope for my sullen spirits. I had been sitting on the opposite side of the road in my car for about two hours observing a black bear sow with her three young cubs. I was not... 
by Kerri Martin | Jul 13, 2020 | Wildlife Blog
The delicately weathered hand of a chimpanzee reaches beyond the metal wires of a cage. A human hand brushes the tips of the chimp’s fingers briefly, before pulling back, disappearing. The chimp’s hand stretches further, but is met with nothing. The closing scene of... 
by Kerri Martin | Jun 29, 2020 | Wildlife Blog
“Yep, that bear is definitely dead,” my friend confirmed what I already knew when I showed him the photo on the back of my camera, taken earlier that morning in mid-June, 2020: I had watched the scene unfold while on a photo excursion in the rockies. A black bear, who... 
