Monday (27-December-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: House Finch, .

house finch. (David J Mathre)
House Finch. Image taken with a Leica SL2 camera and Sigma 150-600 mm Sport lens. (David J Mathre)

Day 4 of the Tree Project. Picking up the firewood.

tree removal. (David J Mathre)
Tree Removal Project. Image taken with a Leica Q2M camera with 28 mm f/1.7 lens. (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (68.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (6.1kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Deficit of 62.4 kWh.

Friday (24-December-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Blue Jay, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow.


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

Day 3 of the Tree Project. Half day on Christmas Eve. Several little planet time-lapse videos of the work.


Hamlet Tree Service. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (71.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (15.5 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC heating the house, much of the day stage 2 since it is cold outside. Deficit of 56.2 kWh.

Thursday (23-December-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Blue Jay, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow.


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

Fox on the patio (leaving a present).

Day 2 of the Tree Project. Several time-lapse videos of the work.


Hamlet Tree Service. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (74.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (31.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. Geothermal HVAC heating the house, much of the day stage 2 since it is cold outside. Deficit of 43.0 kWh.

Wednesday (22-December-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

The folks from Hamlet Tree service started removing dead and diseased trees from the yard. The first stage of the project is to make room for some of the deer fence. Later to clear an area for more wildflowers and a fruit tree orchard. Hope to do some time-lapse videos of their work in the future.


Hamlet Tree Service. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco.


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

Time-lapse Little Planet videos of the day. Assembling more of the deer fence gates. In the background, Red Rover is getting its initial 50 hour service.

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.9 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (29.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. Geothermal HVAC heating the house, much of the day stage 2 since it is cold outside. Deficit of 37.1 kWh.

Tuesday (21-December-2021) — New Jersey

First Day of Winter. Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Birds of the day viewed at the birdfeeder and in the backyard: Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Dark-eyed Junco. Busy with other projects, so the images were obtained from security video cameras.


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

Time-lapse Little Planet videos of the day. Removing the 3-point Post Hole digger from Red Rover. Distributing deer fence posts to the holes dug yesterday. Starting assembly of the deer fence gates.

Daily Electric Energy Used (74.9 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (17.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. Geothermal HVAC heating the house, much of the day stage 2 since it is cold outside. Deficit of 57.6 kWh.