Bird Finder

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

This page shows the top birding locations in December. 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		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	143	167
2		Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	170	166
3		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	66	152
4		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	111	141
5		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	79	132
6		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	55	130
7		Waller Park	4.2	152	123
8		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	24	123
9		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	16	118
10		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	65	118
11		Lopez Lake	23.9	25	113
12		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	43	109
13		Oceano County Park	20.4	29	92
14		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	47	92
15		A St. ponds	5.9	61	91
16		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	4	89
17		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	56	88
18		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	13	85
19		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	31	85
20		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	15	83
21		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	10	82
22		Miguelito County Park	17.4	58	81
23		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	8	80
24		Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	14	79
25		Huasna Road	19.5	9	78
26		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	13	75
27		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	18	74
28		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	18	68
29		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	21	65
30		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	17	65
31		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	9	65
32		Pioneer Park	2.7	43	62
33		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	20	62
34		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	33	61
35		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	23	61
36		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	21	61
37		Los Alamos Park	12.6	19	59
38		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	16	59
39		Biddle County Park	23.3	17	58
40		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	8	57
41		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	9	55
42		Preisker Park	9.7	19	54
43		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	22	54
44		Allan Hancock College	7.2	30	53
45		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	3	53
46		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	7	52
47		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	20	50
48		Surf Beach	13.9	10	50
49		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	2	50
50		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	6	50
51		Black Road pasture	6.3	10	49
52		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	9	49
53		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	19	47
54		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	4	47
55		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	17	46
56		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	10	46
57		Colson Canyon	16.4	6	46
58		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	10	45
59		Pismo Preserve	24.2	5	44
60		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	13	43
61		Barka Slough	5.3	3	43
62		Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access)	6.7	4	42
63		Point Sal Trail	10.6	6	41
64		Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	7	41
65		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	7	40
66		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	14	40
67		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	9	39
68		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	9	39
69		Ira Lease Park	22.7	6	39
70		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	4	38
71		Shell Beach	24.8	11	37
72		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	37
73		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	3	37
74		Jalama Road	23.0	2	37
75		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	8	36
76		Halcyon	19.5	1	36
77		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	9	35
78		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	7	35
79		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	4	35
80		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	20	33
81		Birabent Canyon	23.7	5	32
82		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	5	32
83		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	4	31
84		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	6	31
85		Maramonte Park	4.7	5	30
86		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	11	29
87		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	5	28
88		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	4	28
89		Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access)	24.8	1	28
90		Town Center	21.1	18	27
91		Renwick Avenue	13.1	8	27
92		Strother Park	20.5	2	25
93		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	7	25
94		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	4	25
95		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	12	24
96		Beattie Park	14.7	1	24
97		Andrew Murray Vineyards	20.2	1	24
98		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	3	23
99		Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse	21.7	1	23
100		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	4	22
101		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	2	21
102		Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	20
103		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	2	17
104		Palmer Rd	9.2	1	17
105		Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Minuteman Beach	8.6	1	17
106		Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr	8.8	1	16
107		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	2	15
108		Riverbend Park	12.2	2	15
109		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	2	15
110		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	3	14
111		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	2	14
112		Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access)	17.2	2	14
113		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	1	13
114		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	2	12
115		Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	7
116		Vandenberg SFB--Trestle Beach (restricted access)	19.2	2	7
117		Trilogy Water Treatment Plant	13.6	1	5
118		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	7	5
119		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	2	2
120		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	1	1
121		Autumn Woods (private community park)	2.2	1	1