David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Turkey Vulture Eating What Appears to be a Heron chick on Biolab Road at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Daily Electric Energy Used (41.3 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (21.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sun and clouds. Geothermal HVAC system on. A deficit of 19.7 kWh.
Visitors to the birdfeeder: Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch, American Goldfinch. Also, Turkey Vultures soaring over the backyard.
Backyard and Patio Birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (50.1 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (6.1 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Rain and clouds. Geothermal HVAC system off. A deficit of 44.0 kWh.
Weeky Electric Energy Used (379 kWh) from Sense. Weekly Solar Electric Energy Produced (176 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. A deficit of 203 kWh.
Visitors to the birdfeeder: Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch. Also, Turkey Vultures in the backyard.
Backyard and Patio Birdfeeder. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (44.8 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (23.3 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. More clouds. Geothermal HVAC system off. A deficit of 21.5 kWh.
The flock of feisty Pine Siskin descended on the birdfeeders in the morning. Then all of a sudden the birds disappeared. I noticed a Cooper’s Hawk perched on a tree in the backyard. After the hawk left, some of the local birds (Mourning Dove, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Finch, and a few Pine Siskins) returned to the birdfeeders. Also in the afternoon a number of Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures found a dead critter.
Pine Siskins at the Birdfeeders. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Cooper’s Hawk. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Afternoon at the Birdfeeders. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Turkey and Black Vultures. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (36.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (20.7 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sun and clouds. Geothermal HVAC system off. A deficit of 15.5 kWh.
Afternoon at the Birdfeeders: Mourning Dove, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Gray Catbird, Song Sparrow, and Northern Cardinal.
Afternoon at the Birdfeeders. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Contact me if you are interested in a Time-lapse Video of the Morning or Afternoon session at the Birdfeeders. My setup for the birdfeeder images is a Nikon D850 camera and 200 mm f/2 VR lens set to take one image every 5 seconds over a 5 hour period (~3600 images). The new time-lapse video format is 720p (1080 x 720 pixels) and 1 frame/second. The length of the video is about 1 hour in a 1 GB MP4 file. The previous time-lapse videos of the birdfeeders were at 12 frames/second, and to be honest were too fast to identify the birds.
I wondered why there were periods of time when all of the birds at the feeder disappeared. Then I saw a Bald Eagle in a tree. First time I have seen a Bald Eagle in my backyard. Soon after a bunch of American Crows started harassing the Bald Eagle causing it to fly away. A bit later, I saw a Cooper’s Hawk in the same tree that the Bald Eagle had been perched. As before, a bunch of American Crows started harassing the Cooper’s Hawk causing it to fly away. Finally, some Turkey Vultures showed up.
Bald Eagle. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Cooper’s Hawk. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
I also noticed an Eastern Chipmunk under my birdfeeders. A new resident in the neighborhood. It appears to have a tick above its nose.
Eastern Chipmunk. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (54.2 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (35.1 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Lots of clouds. A deficit of 19.1 kWh.
