Thursday (18-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the birdfeeder and backyard: Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


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

Daily Electric Energy Used (60.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (4.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rainy all day. The Geothermal HVAC system was on. A deficit of 55.9 kWh.

Fourteen-Years Ago (17-March-2007) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Morning walkabout: Turkey Vulture, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal. My eBird Checklist.


Morning backyard walkabout with a Nikon D2xs camera and 80-400 mm VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Monday (15-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the birdfeeder and backyard: Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


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

Still the only wildflowers in bloom are the Purple Crocuses and Snow Drops. Waiting on the Daffodils and Tulips.


Purple Crocuses and Snow Drops Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (69.9 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (63.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny all day, but colder outside. The Geothermal HVAC system was on. A deficit of 6.6 kWh.

Friday (12-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Again not many visitors to the birdfeeder: Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow.


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

Snow-drops and Purple Crocuses from across the street. In two of the images a bee is working a Crocus flower. The Daffodils look to bloom in a few days.


Snow-drops and Purple Crocuses. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (38.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (57.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. A bit cloudy in the early morning but sunny the rest of the day. Geothermal HVAC system on, but was able to open the house for a few hours in the afternoon when the outside temperature was higher outdoors than indoors. A surplus of 7.5 kWh. Four days in a row that the solar panels produced a surplus.

Fourteen-Years Ago (11-March-2007) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey

Morning walkabout: Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal. My eBird Checklist.


Morning backyard walkabout with a Nikon D2xs camera, and 80-400 mm VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.