{"id":346,"date":"2026-06-12T21:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:16:39","slug":"birds-of-oregon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/?page_id=346","title":{"rendered":"Birds of Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"346\" class=\"elementor elementor-346\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ce450 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0ce450\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5445a8e3 cover-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5445a8e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop-831x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop-831x1024.png 831w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop-768x947.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop-1246x1536.png 1246w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop-1661x2048.png 1661w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oregon-cover-crop.png 1757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f374e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f374e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"birdtitle\" style=\"line-height: 3lh; margin-top: 40.7396px;\">Birds of Oregon<\/h2>\n<span class=\"authorline\">by Jacob Rueben<\/span>\n<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #ce805f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jacob-rueben\/birds-of-oregon\/hardcover\/product-jejg5rp.html?q=&#038;page=1&#038;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"bookversionbutton\" style=\"transition-property: all;\">Original<br \/>\nHardcover<\/button><\/a><a style=\"color: #ce805f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jacob-rueben\/birds-of-oregon\/paperback\/product-zmn87zv.html?q=&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"bookversionbutton\" style=\"transition-property: all;\">Original<br \/>\nPaperback<\/button><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df72a93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df72a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A beautiful birding companion book that helps you catalogue and learn about the birds you see around you. Keep track of your sightings while recording fond memories, and try to see every bird!<\/p><p>This life list contains all 386 non-incidental birds in Oregon, as well as extra spots for any birds we don&#8217;t know about. Entries are split taxonomically, with both common and scientific names given for each bird and each taxon. Also included is information about conservation status, a map that shows where each bird is most likely to be found, and seasonality data. Write directly in the book to keep track of which birds you&#8217;ve seen on your adventures!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353d7e4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"353d7e4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506ab7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"506ab7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"style=&quot;text-align:\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"featuresheader\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Features <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653dc0a0 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"653dc0a0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c3b9fa features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36c3b9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-768x562.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-1024x749.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac3b3bf zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ac3b3bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Journaling space\u00a0<\/h2><p>Each species has a designated area for sighting notes, so you can keep track of any interesting observations you see in the field. There are also spaces designated to date and location to document your first sighting of each bird species.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28bb4d1f e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28bb4d1f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c22f09 zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c22f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">sighting maps\u00a0<\/h2><p>Get a general idea of where every bird in Oregon is located using the included sighting maps. Maps are made using two years of recent sighting data, and are provided for each species. This will give you an idea of where other birders and researchers are seeing your target bird. Also feel free to mark up this map to document your sightings! Just don&#8217;t forget to also post on eBird so I can include your data in future books \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60481475 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60481475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-143611-768x582.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-351\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-143611-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-143611-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-143611.png 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-345d97bf e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"345d97bf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8534b3 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b8534b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-768x754.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-768x754.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-1024x1006.png 1024w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-1536x1509.png 1536w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-2048x2012.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5678fe zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b5678fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Taxonomic organization<\/h2><p>Our books are organized taxonomically, meaning birds are grouped together by their shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships. Each chapter represents a bird order, so once you&#8217;ve completed a chapter you&#8217;ve seen all birds of this order in California! We hope that by organizing our books in this manner we will not only make it easier for experienced birders to locate their bird of interest, but also help new birders learn a bit of taxonomy. Knowledge of taxonomy is not at all needed to use this book, though, as there are \u2193<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38bc86ca e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38bc86ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24cfe1f7 zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24cfe1f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Common and scientific name indexes<\/h2><p>Sometimes common bird names change. Sometimes bird species get split or combined. This can make birding difficult, as references can become outdated. We did our best to cover our bases by providing both a common name index <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> a scientific name index, the latter being sorted alphabetically by genus. Hopefully this will help you more easily find the bird you&#8217;re looking for!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773e56e3 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"773e56e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2-768x554.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2.png 808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb07e3 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4bb07e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265a1749 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"265a1749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-768x606.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-1536x1211.png 1536w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-2048x1615.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e4c07c6 zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e4c07c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Conservation status\u00a0<\/h2><p>Birding as a hobby is inextricably tied to conservation. We added the current conservation status of each bird species to educate a bit on this topic. If you see that your favorite bird is threatened, consider looking into how and why, and if you have the means, help out your avian friends! That way, future birders can see them too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e019a95 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e019a95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b8f6fb zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12b8f6fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">extra pages<\/h2>\nBirding is unpredictable, and that&#8217;s part of why it&#8217;s so fun! To account for birds that are migrating, lost, escaped pets &ndash; whatever it may be, we added extra pages to allow for those nonconventional bird sightings. Each entry has all the same spots for notetaking as our normal entries, as well as an empty sighting map that you can mark up all you want. Sometimes the most interesting birds are the ones we don&#8217;t expect and cannot predict!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595410db features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"595410db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-oregon-768x655.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-355\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-oregon-768x655.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-oregon-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-oregon-1024x874.png 1024w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-oregon.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birds of Oregon by Jacob Rueben Original HardcoverOriginal Paperback A beautiful birding companion book that helps you catalogue and learn about the birds you see around you. 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