Date: 08/19/2013

Number: 1

We're stil having incredibly hot and dry weather as part of an extended drought, so our seasonal changes don't involve vegetation and animals so much as they do the day length and the position of the sun in the sky and along the horizon as the sun sets and rises. The slant of light throughout the day has changed and the sketchy monsoon that moves into the Southwest from the Pacific Ocean this time of year is bringing some scattered chance of moisture into the region. In some years we've begun to see a shift of several dragonfly species to the south, but not this year. Red saddlebags and black saddle bags are still roaming directionless. No monarch butterflies have appeared in their typical "pre-migration" early shift to the south. No ruby-throated hummingbirds yet, just our summer black-chinned ones. Just yesterday a pair of green parakeets moved into the area and they are VERY uncommon this far north. But the slant of light is definitely changing. Since June 21 our sunrise time has moved from 6:44 to 7:13 and sunset from 8:45 to 8:17. So we have lost 58 minutes of heating time.

Eagle Pass, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -100.5

Observed by: Carol
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