Summertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.
Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue Jay, Gray Catbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, Common Grackle.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Birds of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Flowers of the day: Black-eyed Susan, Canna, Cosmos, Nasturtium, Partridge Pea, Plains Coreopsis, Sunflower, Zinnia.
Flowers of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Flowers of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Both Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Monarch butterflies feeding on a Thistle flower.
Butterflies of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Other bugs of the day include a pair of tiny Dragonflies mating, and Milkweed Aphids eating a Milkweed plant.
Bugs of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
The local Fawns, still with spots are getting bigger. A groundhog in the back wildflower meadow. Kermit the bullfrog in the pond.
Critters of the day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (51.0 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (47.2 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Clouds and sun. A deficit of 3.8 kWh.
