Bird Finder

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

This page shows the top birding locations in October. 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	332	215
2		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	625	213
3		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	213	192
4		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	46	144
5		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	47	142
6		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	57	141
7		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	71	131
8		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	31	120
9		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	65	120
10		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	16	118
11		Lopez Lake	23.9	25	112
12		Waller Park	4.2	62	110
13		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	24	110
14		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	43	109
15		Oceano County Park	20.4	45	105
16		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	25	95
17		Huasna Road	19.5	13	89
18		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	16	87
19		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	21	85
20		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	30	84
21		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	46	82
22		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	15	80
23		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	10	79
24		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	23	78
25		Preisker Park	9.7	23	74
26		Miguelito County Park	17.4	50	72
27		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	24	70
28		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	11	68
29		Biddle County Park	23.3	17	66
30		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	23	65
31		Pismo Preserve	24.2	13	65
32		A St. ponds	5.9	20	64
33		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	8	63
34		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	64	63
35		Ira Lease Park	22.7	36	62
36		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	18	61
37		Barka Slough	5.3	9	60
38		Colson Canyon	16.4	8	59
39		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	6	59
40		Jalama Road	23.0	11	58
41		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	22	57
42		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	6	56
43		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	25	55
44		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	15	55
45		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	9	55
46		Los Alamos Park	12.6	12	54
47		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	8	54
48		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	17	54
49		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	6	53
50		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	13	53
51		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	10	53
52		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	9	52
53		Renwick Avenue	13.1	13	52
54		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	11	48
55		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	11	48
56		Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access)	12.7	13	48
57		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	6	47
58		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	46
59		Point Sal Trail	10.6	4	46
60		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	13	44
61		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	11	44
62		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	5	43
63		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	7	42
64		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	2	41
65		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	4	41
66		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	4	39
67		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	4	38
68		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	8	37
69		Upper Los Berros Road	17.7	2	37
70		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	7	36
71		Riverbend Park	12.2	6	36
72		Black Road pasture	6.3	6	35
73		Surf Beach	13.9	9	34
74		Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access)	24.8	5	34
75		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	4	34
76		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	14	33
77		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	9	33
78		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	33
79		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	6	33
80		Allan Hancock College	7.2	6	32
81		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	4	32
82		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	4	31
83		Birabent Canyon	23.7	4	30
84		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	2	30
85		Lompoc Water Treatment Plant	12.7	2	30
86		Shell Beach	24.8	6	27
87		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh	8.5	2	27
88		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	4	25
89		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	25
90		Pioneer Park	2.7	2	24
91		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	1	24
92		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	5	23
93		Beattie Park	14.7	3	23
94		Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	2	21
95		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	3	20
96		Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	20
97		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	12	20
98		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	3	19
99		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	4	18
100		Strother Park	20.5	2	18
101		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	3	18
102		Maramonte Park	4.7	2	18
103		Halcyon	19.5	2	17
104		Palmer Rd	9.2	2	17
105		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	2	16
106		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	1	16
107		Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access)	6.3	1	15
108		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	4	15
109		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	15
110		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	3	14
111		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	1	14
112		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	2	13
113		Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	1	13
114		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	4	12
115		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	8	10
116		Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	1	10
117		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	2	9
118		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	1	6
119		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	2	4
120		Town Center	21.1	2	3
121		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	2	2
122		Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access)	17.2	1	2
123		Santa Ynez River Valley	17.6	1	1
124		Mussel Rock	13.1	1	1
125		Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	1	1
126		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	1	1