Walton Georgia Birding, August 2018

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018

Walton County, Georgia.
 - Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
 - Sunrise 7:00 am; Sunset 8:10 pm
 - Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 9 minutes (-1m 56s)
 - Moon: 92.1% Waxing Gibbous

Friday, August 24

The ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America for the summer to breed. Most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America. Perched on Pokeweed, a plant native to North America, South America and East Asia. Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot or poke sallet.Photographed in Walton County, Monroe, Georgia, USA.

Walton County, Georgia. August 24, 2018
 - Sunny, with a high near 83. 
 - Sunrise 7:01 am; Sunset 8:09 pm
 - Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 7 minutes (-1m 56s)
 - Moon: 96.6% Waxing Gibbous

Monday, August 27

Walton County, Georgia. August 27, 2018.
 - Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind.
 - Sunrise 7:03 am; Sunset 8:05 pm
 - Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 1 minute (-1m 58s)
 - Moon: 98.8% Waning Gibbous

Tuesday, August 28

The sun has not yet crested the trees at 7:30 AM. With the sun coming up later each morning my morning bird walks are getting shorter in order to start working at 8 AM. But still a good bit of warbler activity down by the duckweed bog.

Walton County, Georgia. August 28, 2018.
 - Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
 - Sunrise 7:04 am; Sunset 8:04 pm
 - Daylight Hours: 13 hours (-1m 59s)
 - Moon: 96.1% Waning Gibbous

Wednesday, August 29

Walton County, Georgia. August 29, 2018.
 - Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
 - Sunrise 7:05 am; Sunset 8:03 pm
 - Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 58 minutes (-1m 59s)
 - Moon: 89.5% Waning Gibbous

Thursday, August 30

Walton County, Georgia
 - Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
 - Sunrise 7:05 am; Sunset 8:01 pm
 - Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 56 minutes (-2m)
 - Moon: 84.1%Waning Gibbous