Month: August 2022

Sunday (14-August-2022) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in my backyard: White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow. Note, I spent the morning using a brush mower to cut back the weeds and didn’t spend much time looking for birds. I only saw one Ruby-throated hummingbird, but wasn’t able to capture an image.


Birds of the Day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Time-lapse video “Using a Brush Mower to Attack the Weeds”. Images taken with a Garmin VIRB-360 camera, and processed using PhotoShop and PreimerPro.

Daily Electric Energy Used (59.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (68.5 kWh) from Sense. Sunny. Surplus of 8.8 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (588 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (446 kWh) from Sense. Deficit of 142 kWh. It finally started to cool down the last two days of the week, generating more electricity than I needed to cool the house.

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Saturday (13-August-2022) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in my backyard: Mourning Dove, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Turkey Vulture, Blue Jay, European Starling, Gray Catbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Common Grackle, Northern Cardinal. Several recently fledged House Finch were wagging their wings with their mouth open looking to be fed by a single male adult House Finch. A Common Grackle spent time drinking and cooling in the birdbath.


Birds of the Day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Turkey Vulture soaring. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Common Grackle at the Birdbath. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (53.0 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (70.3 kWh) from Sense. Sunny. Surplus of 17.3 kWh.

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Friday (12-August-2022) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in my backyard: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Common Grackle.


Birds of the Day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding at a hummingbird feeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (74.3 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (70.1 kWh) from Sense. Sun and clouds. Deficit of 4.2 kWh.

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Thursday (11-August-2022) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in my backyard: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


Birds of the Day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding at a hummingbird feeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (87.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (64.2 kWh) from Sense. Sun and clouds. Deficit of 23.5 kWh.

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Wednesday (10-August-2022) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed in my backyard: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, Brown-headed Cowbird. The American Goldfinch are feeding on Cosmos, Sunflowers, and in the Zinnia patch. The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are feeding on Canna flowers and in the Zinnia patch. I did notice in some of the closeup images that there are white spots on the beak and head of one of the hummingbirds — mites???


Birds of the Day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feeding on Canna flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in a field of Zinnia flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (108.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (57.2kWh) from Sense. Sun and clouds. Deficit of 51.3 kWh.

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