Month: December 2020

Wednesday (02-December-2020) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the birdfeeder: Red-bellied Woodpecker and Northern Cardinal


Backyard Birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (60.9 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (13.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 47.1 kWh.

Five-Years Ago (01-December-2015) — New Jersey

Late Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

While driving home from the grocery store I spotted a red fox at the side of the road helping itself to a venison meal (road kill). I was lucky to have a camera with a telephoto lens in the car with me to capture this shot. There were several turkey vultures wait their turn.  It is good to see the foxes returning, as they were almost completely killed off by rabies twenty years ago (along with the raccoon, opossum, and skunk).

Red fox on the side of the road with a road-killed deer. Late Autumn Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 1000, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red fox on the side of the road with a road-killed deer. Late Autumn Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D810a camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 1000, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (46.8 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (14.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy, not much sun. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 32.4 kWh.