Birding Resources
Wondering what “birding” is all about? Do you enjoy birds, but don't know where to start to learn more? What do “birders” do? You might be surprised to know that birding is now one of the most popular outdoor sports in the United States. Perhaps you are unsure about where you fit into this activity, or if you fit at all! Click here for a great article describing what birding is all about!
Tulsa Audubon's
Guide to
Birding in Oklahoma
is an
Interactive Guide highlighting the best birding locations across the state of Oklahoma. This is an
updated on-line version our book, A Guide to Birding In Tulsa County.
The Guide was last revised is 1986 and is now out of print.
The Audubon Bird Guide
is a free and complete field guide to over 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. Built for all experience levels, it will help you identify the birds around you, keep track of the birds you’ve seen, and get outside to find new birds near you. With over 2 million downloads to date, it is one of the best and most trusted field guides for North American birds.
There are a number of Audubon chapters and birding clubs around Oklahoma. Click here for a list of these organizations.
Since
1935 the Tulsa Audubon Recorder has compiled records of birds observed in Tulsa
County.
Annual Recorder's Reports are available
here.
An
archive
of recorders reports and files
from 1934 to 1996 are kept in the
Special
Collections Department
of the
University
of Tulsa's McFarlin Library
Click here for Bird FAQs, answers to some of the most common bird questions, such as when to stop feeding hummingbirds, put up martin boxes, bald cardinals, etc.
Notes
from Jim Arterburn's January, 2011 presentation on the shorebirds of northeastern
Oklahoma
. His complete PowerPoint file is available (as a PDF file), as well
as his identification tips, his complete migration chart, references, location
information, and annotated maps of the sod farms,
Keystone Lake & Oologah Lake.
A common question birders visiting Oklahoma ask is
"Where can I find longspurs?" This question has been asked on the OKBirds
Listserve many times over the years, and
on this page I
have compiled the answers from Oklahoma birders.
The
Sutton
Avian Research Center
sponsors the
OKBirds
listserv
, a discussion list for those interested in Oklahoma birds. If you
have an e-mail address and you are interested in Oklahoma birds and birding,
then you will definitely want to sign up.
Birding News from the American Birding
Association
has the
last
thirty days of OKBirds messages
on one convenient page (as well as 30 days
of bird reports from every state and many countries). A
complete archive
is also
available, but you must first sign up to view it.
Photos
of notable bird sightings
from OKBirds members are available to anyone to
view at the
Sutton web site.
A Checklist of the Bird of Tulsa County, last updated in September 2018, is
published by TAS. It can be purchased at any TAS meeting at 3 for $1.00.
It is also available here as a PDF File, in the "checkist" format, and also a PDF version formatted for easy printing on and 8.5"x11" paper.

A Date Guide,
The Birds of Tulsa County provides bar charts
detailing the occurrence of all Tulsa County birds. It was last revised in 1999 but is still accurate for most species. It can be purchased at any
TAS meeting for $3.00 or purchased online below for $5.00 including shipping. We'll also include a Tulsa County checklist, which shows the seasonal abundances as of 2018.
The
Oklahoma Ornithological Society (OOS) is an independent, non-profit educational organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to the observation, study, and conservation of birds in Oklahoma. The OOS holds Spring and Fall state-wide meetings, publishes the OOS Bulletin, and is home to the Oklahoma Bird Records Committee (OBRC). The OBRC publishes a Date Guide to Birds of
Oklahoma, showing known distribution and normal times of occurrence for each Oklahoma bird species.
Tulsa Audubon participates in the annual Christmas Bird Count. The count circle encompasses most of northern Tulsa County. We also have the results of recent Tulsa Christmas Counts.
Our Christmas Bird Count
page also features a map and listing of all CBCs in Oklahoma.
TAS Field Trips
are a great way
to get out and see birds around Tulsa, and around the state.