A field guide to your year

What's happening in nature where you live

A monthly field guide to the birds, blooms, gardens, farmers market, and night sky around you — compiled state by state from public field data.

Compiled from the USGS Breeding Bird Survey, USDA Hardiness Zones, NOAA, and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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The week ahead, in brief

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Whooping cranes are wintering at Aransas NWR now, alongside flocks of sandhill cranes and snow geese on the coastal rice prairies.
Texas Ruby Red grapefruit from the Rio Grande Valley is at peak; the trees hold ripe fruit and a few late white blossoms.
Bare-root fruit trees and dormant native trees go in the ground now while everything is leafless and roots can settle before spring.
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks around January 3 in a short, sharp burst; look northeast after midnight away from city lights.

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Every U.S. state and Washington, D.C., compiled month by month. Tap yours to see what's ready.