Black Mesa State Park.
Named for a lava-topped mesa 14 miles north of the park, Black Mesa is situated in the far western corner of the Oklahoma panhandle, 27 miles northwest of Boise City. At the highest elevation in the state, this is one place you can find western birds that you won’t see anywhere else in Oklahoma.
The Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge.
35 miles south of Tulsa, near Omulgee, this refuge is an important wetlands along the Deep Fork River. Approximately 85 percent of the refuge is bottomland hardwood forest, and besides many species of ducks, red-headed and downy woodpeckers, white-eyed and red-eyed vireos, prothonotary and parula warblers, indigo bunting, and field sparrow are common breeding birds. The Headquarters Office is located in the Omulgee Post Office at 111 West 4th Street, Room 318.
The Salt Plains NWR.
Established in 1930 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds, the Salt Plains NWR has been designated an Important Bird Area and a member of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. Providing habitat for approximately 300 species of birds, the 32,030 acre refuge is divided into almost equal parts of nonvegetated salt flat, open water, and vegetated land (marsh, woods, grasslands, and croplands). The Refuge is located in the north western part of the state, just east of the junctions of State Highways 11 and 8.
The Wichita Mountains NWR
Located 25 miles northwest of Lawton, 10 miles west of the I-44 in the south west of the state, this 59,000 acre Refuge is a remnant mixed grass prairie that escaped destruction because the rocks underfoot defeated the plow. Over 240 species have been recorded here, and specialties include Longspurs, Sparrows and Lesser Prairie-Chicken.