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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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Every guide leads with what to watch for right now, week by week. The free email brings you the month’s version of it.
What to look for this week
- Watch for early-migrating warblers, vireos, and flycatchers moving south through wooded edges and along the coast.
- Gulf fritillaries and queens crowd the lantana and mistflower as the late-summer nectar bloom hits its stride.
- Continue fall planting of greens and root crops; harvest peppers, okra, and Southern peas through the heat.
- The Summer Triangle stands high overhead while Scorpius sinks lower in the southwest, marking the slow turn toward autumn.
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