Thursday (29-October-2020) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

Opossum up on the patio looking for a meal.

Daily Electric Energy Used (??? kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (41.0 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Lots of sun. A deficit of ??? kWh. The folks at Sense have been have issues providing energy usage data for the last several days.

Wednesday (28-October-2020) — New Jersey

Autumn Backyard Nighttime Nature in New Jersey.

Deer up on the patio eating my wildflowers.

Daily Electric Energy Used (50.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (7.1 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Lots of clouds, little sun. A deficit of 43.4 kWh.

Thirteen-Years Ago (27-October-2007) — Colorado

Autumn Nature in Rocky Mountain National Park

I miss visiting Rocky Mountain National Park nearly every week when I was working part-time in Boulder, Colorado. For the last several weeks I have been spending time a lot of time going through my image catalogs looking for bird images that I can add to My eBird checklists. I am about half way through 14 years of images. So far I found images of 375 species of birds in 46 countries, territories, and dependencies. One of the great things about My eBird is it helps me identify bird images by comparison with images in their collection, and by what birds would be common (or rare) for the locations where I took the images.

Steller's Jay. (David J Mathre)
Steller’s Jay at Rocky Mountain National Park. Image taken with an Nikon D2xs camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (45.5 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (30.4 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. The sun came back. Forced air dehydrator on to dry end of season hot peppers. A deficit of 15.1 kWh.

Eight-Years Ago (17-October-2012) — New Mexico

Gone to See America 2012 Road Trip. Day 11: Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Roswell, New Mexico.

Silhouette of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Dusk. (David J Mathre)
Silhouette of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Dusk. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Roswell, New Mexico. Image taken with a Nikon D4 and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1400, 500 mm, f/4, 1/1000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (34.0 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (36.9 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny day. A surplus of 2.9 kWh.

Two-Years Ago (16-October-2018) — Portugal

Gone to See Portugal. Street Photography Workshop with Steve Simon. Day 2: Lisbon, Portugal.

Seagull on a Statue. (David J Mathre)
Seagull on a Statue. Afternoon Walkabout in Lisbon. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (36.4 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (3.5 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Clouds and rain. A deficit of 32.9 kWh.