Deer - David Mathre Photography

Thursday (06-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Young Doe on keeps coming close to the house (inside the electric fence).

Daily Electric Energy Used (74.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (3.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Rainy all day. A deficit of 70.8 kWh.

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Saturday (01-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

House Finch at the bird feeder, a young scraggly doe eating grass just outside my back door, and a worried doe watching.

House Finch at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 900, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Scraggly Young Doe. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1400, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Wary Doe. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/60 sec) (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (73.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (8.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Mostly cloudy all day. A deficit of 64.8 kWh.

Current Weather Conditions

Friday (31-January-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Scraggly young doe just outside my back door.

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Daily Electric Energy Used (79.4 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (14.9 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny in the morning. A deficit of 64.5 kWh.

Monthly Electric Energy Used (2315 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Monthly Solar Electric Energy Produced (766 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Previous January Electric Energy Used (3001 kWh) and Solar Electric Energy Produced (738 kWh). So better than last year. The Geothermal HVAC system was able to keep the house warm (~62-64 °F) with the emergency resistance heating only needed once. The background electric energy usage includes the indoor hydroponic gardens and server backups and upgrades.

Current Weather Conditions

Monday (27-January-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Tufted Titmouse at the Bird Feeder and a Doe behind the Electric Fence.

Tufted Titmouse at the Bird Feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Doe behind the Electric Fence. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (77.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (10.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Not much sun. A deficit of 67.1 kWh.

Current Weather Conditions

Sunday (19-January-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

For the last several days I have noticed a small deer staying close to the house. It doesn’t seem to stay with any of the local groups (herds). Today it was right up on my patio, almost too close for my bird camera to focus. It seems to be pretty scrawny and mangy.

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Daily Electric Energy Used (84.7 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (35.0 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. The sun was back out and it was a bit warmer. A deficit of 49.7 kWh.