Guides

Wisconsin guides

Everything here is built from Wisconsin's own records — 61 native plants, 24 birds and 5 dark-sky places, and the timing that goes with them. The free Wisconsin pages stay free; these are the printable editions.

The cover of Wisconsin Nature Year 2027

Wisconsin Nature Year 2027

Everything Birch Compass knows about a year of nature in one state — the book, the posters, the sky calendar, the life list, and a weekly note through 2027.

  • 54 pages book
  • 11 files
  • weekly Wisconsin note

$34.00

The cover of The Wisconsin Nature Journal

The Wisconsin Nature Journal

Twelve printable month pages: a reference side built from public nature data for your state, and a field-notes side that is yours.

  • 15 pages
  • twelve month pages
  • printable PDF

$14.00

The cover of Birds of Wisconsin

Birds of Wisconsin

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

  • 6 pages
  • 24 species
  • printable PDF

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The cover of Native Plants of Wisconsin

Native Plants of Wisconsin

The native plants that belong in your yard — what to plant for pollinators, by zone, with bloom timing and a species table.

  • 10 pages
  • 61 species
  • printable PDF

$9.99

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The Night Sky over Wisconsin

A stargazing companion for the state that does not expire: the meteor calendar, the darkest places, and how to read any year's sky.

  • 8 pages
  • 5 dark-sky places
  • printable PDF

$9.99

Not sure yet? The free Wisconsin pages cover this month on screen, and every edition here is the year around them.

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.

Two at a time

Buying more than one Wisconsin edition

Each Wisconsin edition is sold on its own, and checkout takes one at a time. These two combine them into a single purchase, for less than the parts come to.

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The Wisconsin Set

Three printable Wisconsin editions in one purchase — the twelve-month journal, the native plants reference and the stargazing guide — for less than the three cost apart.

The Wisconsin Nature Journal, Native Plants of Wisconsin and The Night Sky over Wisconsin

$29.00 $33.98 apart

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Wisconsin Nature Year 2027 + Journal

The complete Wisconsin Nature Year with the undated journal beside it: everything the site knows about the year, and the pages to record your own.

Wisconsin Nature Year 2027 and The Wisconsin Nature Journal

$42.00 $48.00 apart

Choosing

Which Wisconsin edition do you want?

If you want one thing that covers the whole Wisconsin year
The Nature Year is the book plus the posters, the sky calendar, the life list and a weekly note — everything the site knows about Wisconsin in one purchase, which is why it costs what the others cost together.
If you want to keep your own record
The journal gives each month a reference side built from Wisconsin data and a blank side that stays yours. Undated, so you print it again next year.
If the birds are the reason you go outside
The birding guide profiles the 24 species most consistently recorded in Wisconsin, with a month-by-month presence chart and a life list.
If you are planting something this year
The native plants guide covers 61 species for hardiness zones 3a–5b, with bloom windows and what each one feeds.
If you would drive somewhere dark
The night sky guide names Wisconsin's 5 darkest places and works the moon into every meteor peak, so you know which nights repay the trip.