Day: April 15, 2021

Thursday (15-April-2021) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors backyard and the patio birdfeeder: Turkey Vulture, House Finch, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Cardinal.


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

Early spring flowers blooming: Daffodils, Grape Hyacinth, Garlic, Onion, Pieris japonica, and Tulip. The Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda) is one of the few shrubs in my yard that the deer avoid.


Early Spring Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (41.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (14.7 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. A deficit of 27.0 kWh.

One-Year Ago (15-April-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey

Morning Visitor: Turkey Vulture, House Finch. My eBird Checklist.


Morning backyard and patio birdfeeder visitors. Images taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Five-Years Ago (15-April-2016) — At Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 101: At Sea, Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France.

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey: Great Black-backed Gull. My eBird Checklist.


Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey. Images taken with a Nikon N1V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.