David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Views of the oceans and seas
A local squirrel spent much of the morning under the birdfeeder trying to crack a peach pit. Turned out to be too hard to crack.
Squirrel trying to open a Peach Pit. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (54.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (26.5 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Lots of clouds. A deficit of 18.7 kWh.
Birds of the Day — Northern Cardinal, House Finch, Common Grackle, Gray Catbird, American Goldfinch, Blue Jay, and Tufted Titmouse. The Eastern Phoebe continues to sit on the nest.
Birds of the Day. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Northern Cardinal Portrait Session. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Two fawns with spots have been spending their days in the backyard.
Spots and his sister Spots. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Last day of Spring Flowers: Including Poppies (Red, Pink, Oriental, and California). Daisy, Foxglove, Cosmos, Delphinium, Bearded Tongue, Blanket Flower, Forget-me-not, Lemmon Mink, Sweet William, Cornflower, Lance-leaf Coreopsis, Love-in-a-mist (seed pod), and Prickly Pear Cactus. The deer nibbled on the Yucca shoots this year before I could protect them.
Poppies (portrait mode). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Poppies (landscape mode). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Wildflowers (portrait mode). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Wildflowers (landscape mode). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (49.4 kWh) from Sense. The daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (65.2 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. More sun than clouds. A surplus of 9.0 kWh.
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Neptune Day celebration. Time-lapse video of the shellback initiation for those crossing the equator their first time. Over 50 of the students and life-long learners had their heads shaved.
I feel for the Semester at Sea voyagers this year as they miss several ports to avoid the COVID-19 virus. I wish them well, and hope the program is able to continue in the future.
German Chocolate, Strawberries, and Hot Peppers. The Strawberries were grown in my indoor AeroGarden hydroponic farm. Also the flowers (Dianthus, Snapdragon, Coreopsis, Zinnia) are growing in the hydroponic farm. The Red Poppy flower didn’t quite open in time.
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Images from Valentine’s Day Past
Daily Electric Energy Used (77.4 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (45.5 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun, but much colder outside. A deficit of 31.9 kWh.
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There were a lot of fishing boats out in the East China Sea as we proceeded to Shanghai. Along with the fishing boats many Seagulls followed our ship. I think that I was able to identify Black-tailed Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake. I previously miss identified some Black-Tailed Gulls as Slaty-backed Gull. I admit gulls are difficult to identify since they go through several morphs over four years before getting to their adult state. I look at images in several books and internet sources.
