Category: Fine Art

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Wednesday (14-April-2021) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the patio birdfeeder: Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Chipping 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, Dandelions, Grape Hyacinth, Tulip, and Violets. Time-lapsed video of the Tulip opening.


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

Daily Electric Energy Used (49.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (42.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. A deficit of 7.0 kWh.

Tuesday (13-April-2021) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Nest and visitors to the patio birdfeeder: Mourning Dove, House Finch, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal.


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

The first Tulip opened after the sun came out. Also, Daffodils, Dandelions, Forsythia, and Grape Hyacinth.


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

Daily Electric Energy Used (38.1 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (72.2 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. The sun returned. A surplus of 34.1 kWh.

Monday (12-April-2021) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Only one morning visitor to the backyard and patio birdfeeder on a rainy day: White-throated Sparrow.


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

The first Tulip still hasn’t opened as the cold and rain continues. Waiting for a sunny day.

Tulip. (David J Mathre)
caption. (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (44.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (16.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Clouds and rain much of the day. A deficit of 27.6 kWh.

One-Year Ago (10-April-2021) — New Jersey

Backyard Springtime Nature in New Jersey

Morning visitors at the patio birdfeeder: Chipping Sparrow, Northern Cardinal. My eBird Checklist. Also today was the first Tulip flower of the season to open.


Patio birdfeeder and early Tulip flower. Images taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VRII lens or Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Friday (26-March-2021) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Evening visitor to the patio birdfeeder: Tufted Titmouse.

Female House Finch. (David J Mathre)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor). Image taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens. (David J Mathre)

Spring Wildflowers: Daffodils and Purple Crocuses


Spring Wildflowers (landscape mode). Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 OIS lens and 1.4 x teleconverter. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.


Spring Wildflowers (portrait mode). Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 200 mm f/2 OIS lens and 1.4 x teleconverter. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (44.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (50.2 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. Geothermal HVAC system was off. A surplus of 5.8 kWh. Sense was down part of the day due to power glitch and WiFi/networking issues.