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

This page shows the top birding locations in February. 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	115	154
2		Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	244	149
3		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	120	141
4		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	47	125
5		Lopez Lake	23.9	47	121
6		Waller Park	4.2	164	121
7		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	44	117
8		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	49	104
9		Oceano County Park	20.4	50	100
10		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	27	89
11		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	51	89
12		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	8	87
13		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	16	84
14		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	28	84
15		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	13	83
16		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	14	81
17		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	13	79
18		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	20	79
19		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	11	79
20		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	29	78
21		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	15	76
22		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	45	76
23		Pismo Preserve	24.2	30	73
24		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	34	71
25		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	11	70
26		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	27	69
27		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	42	68
28		Black Road pasture	6.3	25	67
29		Huasna Road	19.5	7	67
30		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	29	66
31		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	18	64
32		Barka Slough	5.3	11	63
33		Los Alamos Park	12.6	30	61
34		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	11	61
35		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	17	59
36		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	7	59
37		Miguelito County Park	17.4	30	58
38		Biddle County Park	23.3	23	58
39		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	19	56
40		Colson Canyon	16.4	9	56
41		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	9	54
42		Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course	14.0	3	54
43		A St. ponds	5.9	20	53
44		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	10	52
45		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	12	51
46		Preisker Park	9.7	10	48
47		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	17	48
48		Shell Beach	24.8	14	47
49		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	15	46
50		Surf Beach	13.9	14	46
51		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	5	46
52		Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	2	45
53		Pioneer Park	2.7	4	44
54		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	4	43
55		Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	3	43
56		Halcyon	19.5	2	42
57		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	3	42
58		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	14	41
59		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	6	41
60		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	9	41
61		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	7	39
62		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	3	39
63		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	10	38
64		Birabent Canyon	23.7	9	38
65		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	4	38
66		Maramonte Park	4.7	8	36
67		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	5	35
68		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	4	34
69		Trilogy Water Treatment Plant	13.6	3	34
70		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	4	33
71		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	4	32
72		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	4	32
73		Riverbend Park	12.2	5	32
74		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	5	31
75		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	3	31
76		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	3	30
77		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	15	29
78		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	15	29
79		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	3	28
80		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	4	28
81		Point Sal Trail	10.6	3	28
82		Jalama Road	23.0	5	27
83		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	1	27
84		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	3	26
85		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	4	25
86		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	2	24
87		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	2	24
88		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	2	23
89		Cat Canyon Road	11.3	1	23
90		Ira Lease Park	22.7	1	23
91		Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access)	6.7	1	22
92		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	2	22
93		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	3	21
94		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	3	20
95		Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access)	19.1	1	20
96		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	2	19
97		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	6	18
98		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	4	18
99		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	1	18
100		Long Canyon Road (including pond)	11.4	1	17
101		Beattie Park	14.7	2	17
102		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	3	16
103		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	5	15
104		Tepusquet Rd--summit	17.2	1	15
105		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	3	14
106		Strother Park	20.5	2	14
107		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	13
108		Mussel Rock	13.1	1	13
109		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	1	13
110		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	3	12
111		Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	1	12
112		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	3	11
113		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	1	11
114		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	1	10
115		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	1	9
116		Allan Hancock College	7.2	3	8
117		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	2	8
118		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	8
119		Renwick Avenue	13.1	1	5
120		Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access)	17.2	1	4
121		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	5	4
122		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	4
123		Town Center	21.1	1	3
124		James Way Park	21.4	1	3
125		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	3	2