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Guides Oklahoma

Birds of Oklahoma

The state's most-recorded birds, ranked from survey data, with when each is present through the year and a life list to keep.

  • Every species profiled with ID notes and habitat
  • A month-by-month presence chart for the whole year
  • Ranked by how consistently each turns up on survey routes
  • Backyard-feeder notes and where to look
  • A printable life list you can keep for years

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It is built and in final review. We hold a product back rather than sell a draft; it goes on sale when its review clears.

A look inside

What the Oklahoma pages actually look like

From the Oklahoma edition

Some of what is actually in it

The 24 species in the Oklahoma edition, in the order they are most consistently recorded. The first twelve:

  • Mourning Dove
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • American Crow
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Northern Bobwhite
  • Dickcissel
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Barn Swallow
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

How the Oklahoma year breaks down

Counted, not claimed

Of the 24 species, 10 are with you all year in Oklahoma, 7 move only a short distance, and 7 leave the continent and come back.

Oklahoma's fullest month is May, when 24 of them are reliably about; the quietest is January with 10. The presence chart shows every month for every species.

In the box

Exactly what you receive

Oklahoma pages6 pages — every species profiled, with a month-by-month presence chart
FormatPDF, laid out for both Letter and A4
DeliveryAn instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours
AccessYours to keep — no expiry, no account, no subscription
RefundsFull refund within 30 days, no questions

How it works

From checkout to the field

  1. Buy it

    Checkout takes a card and an email address — no account to create.

  2. Open it straight away

    The download link appears immediately and the Oklahoma files are yours to keep.

  3. Use it through the year

    Print the Oklahoma pages you want and take them outside; they are laid out with room to write on as the season moves.

Free and paid, side by side

The Oklahoma pages here stay free. Here is what the edition adds.

The free Oklahoma pagesBirds of Oklahoma
What it coversThe month Oklahoma is in, free and alwaysAll twelve Oklahoma months, planned before they arrive
The speciesAll 24 Oklahoma species, readable on screenThe same 24, as a printed presence chart and a life list you keep
Where you can read itOn a screen, wherever Oklahoma has signalOn paper, in the field, with no signal at all
PriceFree, and staying that way$9.99 once — no renewal, no account

Before you buy

Who this is for

Made for

  • Beginners who want to know which Oklahoma birds they are actually likely to see
  • Feeder watchers and walkers keeping a list
  • Anyone teaching a child to notice what is out there

Not for

  • Experienced birders after a full Oklahoma state checklist — this is the consistently-seen species, not every rarity

Everything here describes typical timing across Oklahoma, drawn from long-run records — weather, elevation and how close you are to water all move the real dates around. So the Oklahoma pages say "usually early May" and never "May 4th", which is not hedging but the most the data can honestly carry.

Where it comes from

Compiled from

USGS Breeding Bird Survey · State fish & wildlife agencies. How each of these is used in the Oklahoma edition, and which figures are measured rather than modeled, is set out in the methodology.

Questions

Before you decide

Is this specific to Oklahoma, or a national guide with the name swapped in?

It is built from Oklahoma's own data. The species list is the one recorded on Oklahoma survey routes, ranked by how consistently each turns up — 24 species in this edition.

Where does the Oklahoma species list come from?

It is drawn from the USGS Breeding Bird Survey routes that run through Oklahoma, ranked by how consistently each species is recorded.

How accurate is the timing for Oklahoma?

It describes typical timing across Oklahoma drawn from long-run records, and because weather, elevation and habitat move real Oklahoma dates around it says "usually early May" rather than "May 4th".

Is it worth paying when the Oklahoma pages here are free?

The free Oklahoma pages are the month you are in; this is the whole Oklahoma year, planned before it arrives and printable, so you are not holding a screen in the garden.

Will it work for my part of Oklahoma, or just the big cities?

It is written at state resolution — Oklahoma as a whole, with regional notes where Oklahoma genuinely differs end to end, and nothing behind it is recorded finely enough to honestly promise more than that.

What format is the Oklahoma edition, and can I print it?

A PDF laid out for both Letter and A4, one page per sheet — printing it is the point, since the Oklahoma pages are made to be carried outside.

What if the Oklahoma guide is not what I expected?

Email hello@birchcompass.com within 30 days for a full refund on the Oklahoma edition, and keep the files either way — asking for them back would be theatre.

Details

Format: PDF, laid out for Letter and A4. Delivery: an instant download link, plus a link you can re-open for 72 hours. Refunds: full refund within 30 days, no questions — email hello@birchcompass.com.

Prefer to read online first? The free Oklahoma birds reference covers the same ground on screen.

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