Tag: Wildlife

Thursday (13-February-2020) — New Jersey

Indoor Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Stink Bug on a Mustard leaf. One of the indoor pests that try to eat the greens I am growing in my AeroGarden hydroponic farm.  Focus stacked composite of fifty images taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 640, 80 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus.

Stinkbug on a Mustard Leaf. Focus stacked composite of 50 images taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 640, 80 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus. (DAVID J MATHRE)
Stink Bug on a Mustard Leaf. Focus stacked composite of 50 images taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 640, 80 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and Helicon Focus. (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (72.8 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (3.2 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy all day. A deficit of 69.6 kWh.

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Wednesday (12-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Scraggly young doe trying to hide behind a rain barrel (inside the electric fence).

Scraggly Young Doe. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 800, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/60 sec) (David J Mathre)
Scraggly Young Doe. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 800, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/60 sec) (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.9 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (31.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. The sun came back for some of the day. A deficit of 35.5 kWh.

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Tuesday (11-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 (68.6 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (9.3 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Cloudy all day. A deficit of 59.3 kWh.

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Sunday (09-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Blue Jay letting the smaller birds know that he had arrived, and they need to leave the bird feeder.


Click on the above image to access my PhotoShelter Gallery with the individual images in the following slideshow.


Daily Electric Energy Used (75.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (43.3 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny most of the day. Actually, the most solar energy produced since 05-October-2019. Still not enough to completely power the indoor hydroponic gardens, keep the house warm, and power the Synology image servers. A deficit of 31.9 kWh.

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Saturday (08-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Something completely different today. There were some heavy winds as a front came through. We have had a lot of rain and the ground is saturated. One of the wind gusts blew over the table where one of my outdoor video cameras was mounted. When I reviewed the video, I noticed what looks like an Eastern Red-backed Salamander running away from the camera. The video has been slowed down 10x.

Daily Electric Energy Used (83.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (34.3 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. The sun finally came out for some of the day! A deficit of 48.8 kWh.

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