Category: Skyscape

Views of the sky. Sunrise, sunset, clouds, and weather

Tuesday (02-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the backyard and birdfeeder: Mourning Dove, Turkey Vulture, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


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

Daily Electric Energy Used (83.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (59.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 23.7 kWh.

Five-Years Ago (29-February-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 55: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Jaipur, India.

Morning walkabout on the grounds of the Oberoi Rajvilas: Indian Peafowl, Rose-ringed Parakeet. My eBird Checklist.


Early morning walkabout at the Oberoi Rajvilas. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Five-Years Ago (28-February-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 54: Cochin (Kochi) India.

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey docked at Port Cochin, India: Indian Pond-Heron, Black Kite. My eBird Checklist.


Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey in the evening while docked at the Cochin Port. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Five-Years Ago (27-February-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 53: Arrival in Cochin (Kochi) India.

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey on the Laccadive Sea during the morning while approaching Kochi, India: Brahminy Kite, House Crow. My eBird Checklist.


Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey on the Laccadive Sea. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey in the evening while docked at the Cochin Port: Indian Cormorant. My eBird Checklist.

Indian Cormorant. (David J Mathre)
Three Indian Cormorants in flight viewed from the deck of the MV World Odyssey while docked at Port Cochin. Kochi (Cochin), India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 195 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)

Eight-Years Ago (27-February-2013) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Backyard Walkabout: Turkey Vulture. eBird Checklist


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