Wednesday (03-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the backyard and birdfeeder: American Crow, 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 (68.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (56.2 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Mostly sunny. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 12.2 kWh.

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.

Monday (01-March-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the birdfeeder: Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


Daily visitors to the Patio and Birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (69.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rainy much of the day. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 51.3 kWh.

Sunday (28-February-2021) — New Jersey

Wintertime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors to the birdfeeder: Tufted Titmouse, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.


Daily visitors to the Patio and Birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (71.0 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (10.9 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy and rainy much of the day. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 60.1 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (502 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (173 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 329 kWh.

Monthly Electric Energy Used (2202 kWh) from Sense. Monthly Solar Electric Energy Produced (312 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. A deficit of 1890 kWh. It was cold and snow covered the solar panels much of the month. The geothermal HVAC system was on almost continuously, and the resistance heating kicked in a couple of times early in the month.

Thirteen-Years Ago (27-February-2008) — Colorado

Wintertime Nature at Kelly Place B&B near Cortez, Colorado.

Morning Walkabout: Dark-eyed Junco (Pink Sided). href=”https://ebird.org/checklist/S67624148″>eBird Checklist

Dark-eyed Junco (Pink Sided). (David J Mathre)
Dark-eyed Junco (pink-sided) in a tree at Kelly Place B&B. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)