Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.
A fat Grey Catbird eating wild grapes for lunch.
Twelve-Years Ago (13-October-2007) — New Jersey
Tag: Wildlife
Monday (07-October-2019) — New Jersey
Autumn Indoor Nature in New Jersey.
The deer continue feeding inside the wildflower meadows.
Daily Electric Energy Used (48.7 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (29.6 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Not much sun. Overall a net deficit of 19.1 kWh.
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Sunday (06-October-2019) — New Jersey
Autumn Indoor Nature in New Jersey.
Daily walkabout with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. After the rain and temperature dropping 40 degrees, I thought all of the Monarch butterflies left for Mexico. Today, I found one of the hundred or so that were here last week remained. It was spending its time feeding on the Cosmos flowers. Afterwards, I mowed the lawn. The grass is pretty dry, and the leaves from the trees are starting to drop. There are lots of black walnuts on the ground. This year I’ll leave those for the squirrels to collect. It’s too much work to dry them and then after cracking the black walnuts open, it is really hard to remove the nut meat. Finally, a Harvestman (daddy long legs) spider visiting a security camera in the middle of the night.
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Daily Electric Energy Used (49.6kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (204 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of clouds. Overall a net deficit of 38.3 kWh.
Weekly Electric Energy Used (364 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (206 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Several cloudy days, and the indoor hydroponic systems came online. Overall a net deficit of 158 kWh.
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Saturday (05-October-2019) — New Jersey
Autumn Indoor Nature in New Jersey.
The deer continue feeding inside the wildflower meadows.
Daily Electric Energy Used (48.0 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (46.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Overall a net deficit of 1.6 kWh.
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Wednesday (02-October-2019) — New Jersey
Autumn Backyard Nature in New Jersey.
Daily walkabout with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens. It was very hot and a bit windy. The wildflower meadow with Marigold flowers was still filled with Monarch, Painted Lady, and Common Buckeye butterflies. The deer don’t like Marigolds. The temperature is supposed to drop forty degrees and rain tomorrow. We will see how many butterflies are still around then. The Monarch butterflies should be leaving for Mexico pretty soon.
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Daily Electric Energy Used (65.8 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (41.3 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. More sun and very hot outside. The Geothermal HVAC used 14.1 kWh for cooling. The new hydroponic gardens used 8.7 kWh. Overall a net deficit of 24.5 kWh.
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