Month: March 2021

Tuesday (02-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the backyard and birdfeeder: Mourning Dove, Turkey Vulture, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, House Finch, 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 (83.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (59.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 23.7 kWh.

Two-Years Ago (02-March-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Backyard Birdfeeder: Mourning Dove. My eBird Checklist

Mourning Dove. (David J Mathre)
Mourning Dove Eating Lunch in the Snow. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 200, 600 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Monday (01-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

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


Daily visitors to the Patio and Birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (69.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rainy much of the day. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 51.3 kWh.

One-Year Ago (01-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Backyard Birdfeeder: Blue Jay. My eBird Checklist Note that the Blue Jays haven’t been around this winter?


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

Five-Years Ago (01-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 56: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park, India.

Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park: Bar-headed Goose, Northern Shovler, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Indian Peafowl, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon, Eurasian Moorhean, Eurasian Coot, White-breasted Waterhen, Red-wattled Lapwing, Bronze-winged Jacana, Asian Openbill, Painted Stork, Oriental Darter, Little Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Indian Cormorant, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Indian Pond-Heron, Glossy Ibis, Black-headed Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Indian Spotted Eagle, White-throated Kingfisher, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Rufous Treepie, Red-vented Bulbul, Jungle Babbler, Brahminy Starling. My eBird Checklist. I think this is a record for the number of different bird species in one day.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Morning guided walkabout at the Bharatpur–Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.