Wednesday (04-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Doe lurking at night just outside the patio. 

Daily Electric Energy Used (60.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (59.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun. A deficit of 1.1 kWh.

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Tuesday (03-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Herd of deer in the backyard. At the end of winter they are hungry and are eating anything that is green.


Daily Electric Energy Used (57.6 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (18.0 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of clouds. A deficit of 39.6 kWh.

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Monday (02-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Randy Deer? This young deer (yearling) appears to be trying to mount an older doe. She didn’t look happy and finally kicked the youngster in the mouth.


Daily Electric Energy Used (67.7 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (54.3 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with some clouds. A deficit of 13.4 kWh.

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Sunday (01-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Blue Jay eating sunflower seeds at the bird feeder. Unlike the cardinals and finches, the Blue Jays need to work harder to open the sunflower seeds.




Individual images in the above slideshows can be accessed in my PhotoShelter gallery here.

Daily Electric Energy Used (73.7 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (58.8 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with some clouds. A deficit of 14.9 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (492 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (250 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 242 kWh. It was relatively cold at the end of the week requiring the Geothermal HVAC system to run most of the time.

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Friday (28-February-2020) — New Jersey

Indoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Focus stacked image of a Red Poppy flower.

Red Poppy flower. Composite of 51 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens + 2.0x TCE-III (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus Pro. (DAVID J MATHRE)
Red Poppy flower. Composite of 51 focus stacked images taken with a Nikon D850 camera and 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens + 2.0x TCE-III (ISO 100, 210 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus Pro. (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (81.0 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (39.8 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Clouds and sun. A deficit of 41.8 kWh.


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