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

This page shows the top birding locations in November. 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	291	182
2		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	154	175
3		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	203	164
4		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	42	153
5		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	111	152
6		Lopez Lake	23.9	34	121
7		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	86	121
8		Waller Park	4.2	164	120
9		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	66	119
10		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	21	108
11		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	29	105
12		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	52	105
13		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	37	102
14		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	43	94
15		Oceano County Park	20.4	52	92
16		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	45	90
17		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	21	89
18		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	24	86
19		Allan Hancock College	7.2	67	82
20		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	3	80
21		Miguelito County Park	17.4	55	79
22		Biddle County Park	23.3	41	77
23		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	8	72
24		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	27	71
25		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	13	69
26		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	9	69
27		A St. ponds	5.9	21	65
28		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	16	65
29		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	8	63
30		Barka Slough	5.3	7	63
31		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	36	63
32		Huasna Road	19.5	9	63
33		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	33	62
34		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	13	62
35		Colson Canyon	16.4	12	62
36		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	13	61
37		Preisker Park	9.7	19	60
38		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	24	60
39		Los Alamos Park	12.6	18	59
40		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	3	58
41		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	32	57
42		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	12	56
43		Pismo Preserve	24.2	12	56
44		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	34	55
45		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	12	54
46		Renwick Avenue	13.1	11	54
47		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	17	54
48		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	10	52
49		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	6	51
50		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	8	51
51		Ira Lease Park	22.7	31	50
52		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	6	49
53		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	2	49
54		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	12	48
55		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	10	46
56		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	6	45
57		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	5	45
58		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	14	44
59		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	15	43
60		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	5	41
61		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	6	41
62		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	5	41
63		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	5	38
64		Halcyon	19.5	1	38
65		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	3	38
66		Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access)	6.7	1	37
67		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	4	36
68		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	10	35
69		Shell Beach	24.8	7	34
70		Pioneer Park	2.7	6	34
71		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	3	32
72		Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	5	32
73		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	7	31
74		Surf Beach	13.9	13	31
75		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	8	31
76		Strother Park	20.5	3	30
77		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	6	30
78		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	3	29
79		Jalama Road	23.0	2	29
80		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	5	29
81		Santa Ynez River Valley	17.6	1	28
82		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	4	28
83		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	3	27
84		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	5	27
85		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	6	27
86		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	9	25
87		Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	3	25
88		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	4	25
89		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	2	24
90		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	5	23
91		Black Road pasture	6.3	2	23
92		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	2	23
93		Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access)	12.7	5	23
94		Point Sal Trail	10.6	1	23
95		Maramonte Park	4.7	3	23
96		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	1	22
97		Beattie Park	14.7	2	22
98		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	8	21
99		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	3	20
100		Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	1	20
101		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	4	20
102		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	2	19
103		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	19
104		Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	2	19
105		Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	2	18
106		Dana Foothill Road	15.1	1	15
107		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	3	15
108		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	15
109		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	2	14
110		Palmer Rd	9.2	1	14
111		Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	1	14
112		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	8	13
113		Mussel Rock	13.1	1	13
114		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	10	13
115		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	2	13
116		Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access)	17.2	1	12
117		Birabent Canyon	23.7	2	10
118		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	2	8
119		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	1	8
120		Town Center	21.1	3	5
121		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	2	5
122		Trilogy Water Treatment Plant	13.6	1	4
123		Cat Canyon Road	11.3	1	3
124		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	1	2
125		Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course	14.0	1	2