Saturday (06-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the backyard and birdfeeder: Carolina Wren, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (76.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (37.7 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 38.5 kWh.

One-Year Ago (06-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Visitors to the Backyard Birdfeeder: Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch, Northern Cardinal. My eBird Checklist.


Morning Visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Two-Years Ago (06-March-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Canada Geese soaring, Turkey Vultures roosting, and Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal at the birdfeeder. My eBird Checklist.


Morning and Afternoon visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Five-Years Ago (06-March-2016) — Indian Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 61: Neptune Day while crossing the Indian Ocean.

Neptune Day celebration. Time-lapse video of the shellback initiation for those crossing the equator their first time. Over 50 of the students and life-long learners had their heads shaved.

Shellbacks. (David J Mathre)
Shellbacks. MV World Odyssey At Sea Indian Ocean. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and a Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)

I hope that Semester at Sea is able to run voyages in the future post COVID-19.