Bird Finder

Top Locations in January
within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

This page shows the top birding locations in January. The chart shows how many species can be found in the region for each month of the year as a measure of local "birdiness".

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Rank	Map	Location	Distance	Checklists	Species
1		Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	356	171
2		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	146	156
3		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	209	151
4		Lopez Lake	23.9	68	133
5		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	95	131
6		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	50	125
7		Waller Park	4.2	131	122
8		Oceano County Park	20.4	71	118
9		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	102	109
10		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	56	104
11		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	33	103
12		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	29	102
13		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	74	102
14		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	24	92
15		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	35	88
16		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	28	85
17		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	34	81
18		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	15	79
19		Pismo Preserve	24.2	22	79
20		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	18	78
21		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	13	75
22		Los Alamos Park	12.6	40	74
23		A St. ponds	5.9	30	72
24		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	36	71
25		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	7	71
26		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	48	70
27		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	50	68
28		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	32	68
29		Biddle County Park	23.3	35	68
30		Black Road pasture	6.3	21	68
31		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	19	66
32		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	35	66
33		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	39	64
34		Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	10	62
35		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	21	62
36		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	15	61
37		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	16	59
38		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	16	58
39		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	9	58
40		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	13	58
41		Preisker Park	9.7	18	57
42		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	32	56
43		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	24	55
44		Barka Slough	5.3	10	54
45		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	24	54
46		Colson Canyon	16.4	8	54
47		Huasna Road	19.5	5	54
48		Pioneer Park	2.7	11	52
49		Maramonte Park	4.7	15	51
50		Miguelito County Park	17.4	33	50
51		Surf Beach	13.9	13	50
52		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	4	49
53		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	18	49
54		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	8	49
55		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	9	48
56		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	6	46
57		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	15	45
58		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	7	45
59		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	4	45
60		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	16	44
61		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	7	43
62		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	9	42
63		Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	41
64		Riverbend Park	12.2	6	40
65		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	7	38
66		Dana Foothill Road	15.1	3	38
67		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	7	38
68		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	8	37
69		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	6	37
70		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	14	36
71		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	6	35
72		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	11	34
73		Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	4	34
74		Shell Beach	24.8	10	33
75		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	5	33
76		Ira Lease Park	22.7	4	33
77		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	3	32
78		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	5	31
79		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	3	30
80		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	3	29
81		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	4	29
82		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	7	28
83		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	4	26
84		Allan Hancock College	7.2	9	26
85		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	9	26
86		Town Center	21.1	15	26
87		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	26
88		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	5	26
89		Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access)	18.9	5	26
90		Jalama Road	23.0	2	25
91		Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	2	25
92		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	1	24
93		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	2	23
94		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	3	23
95		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	2	21
96		Point Sal Trail	10.6	1	20
97		Beattie Park	14.7	2	20
98		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	19
99		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	3	19
100		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	1	17
101		Upper Los Berros Road	17.7	1	17
102		Long Canyon Road (including pond)	11.4	1	17
103		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	3	16
104		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	2	16
105		Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse	21.7	2	16
106		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	4	13
107		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	1	13
108		La Tinta Hill	18.3	1	12
109		Palmer Rd	9.2	2	12
110		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	3	11
111		James Way Park	21.4	2	11
112		Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	2	10
113		Strother Park	20.5	1	9
114		Autumn Woods (private community park)	2.2	2	9
115		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	3	7
116		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	6	7
117		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	2	6
118		Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	1	6
119		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	3	5
120		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	2	3
121		Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access)	6.3	1	2