David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Afternoon walkabout: Mourning Dove, Turkey Vulture, Blue Jay, American Crow, Dark-eyed Junco. My eBird Checklist.
Afternoon backyard walkabout with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
A few more visitors to the birdfeeder and backyard: Turkey Vulture, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, American Robin, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal. The Turkey Vultures were still roosting in the trees in the morning waiting for the sun to warm them up. First American Robin for the year.
Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Turkey Vultures in the trees. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (55.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (61.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny all day. The Geothermal HVAC system was on. A surplus of 5.7 kWh. Six days in a row that the solar panels produced a surplus.
Weekly Electric Energy Used (373 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (403 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny all week. A surplus of 30 kWh.
Again not many visitors to the birdfeeder: Tufted Titmouse, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal. At dusk six Turkey Vultures landed in the backyard trees to roost overnight.
Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
First Purple Crocuses from my own backyard.
Purple Crocuses. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (53.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (63.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny all day. The Geothermal HVAC system wasn’t needed for 24 hours, but I did run a batch of laundry. A surplus of 9.9 kWh. Five days in a row that the solar panels produced a surplus.
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.
Not many visitors to the birdfeeder (either due to the warm weather or the neighborhood cat sitting under the birdfeeder): Carolina Wren, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco.
Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Neighborhood cat under the birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (46.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (57.8 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. 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 11.1 kWh. Three days in a row that the solar panels produced a surplus.
