Bird Finder

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

This page shows the top birding locations in March. 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	191	161
2		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	149	147
3		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	67	131
4		Waller Park	4.2	98	127
5		Lopez Lake	23.9	34	120
6		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	52	120
7		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	20	104
8		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	25	101
9		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	34	98
10		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	22	98
11		Biddle County Park	23.3	47	94
12		Huasna Road	19.5	7	94
13		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	25	91
14		Pismo Preserve	24.2	21	91
15		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	15	89
16		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	46	89
17		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	6	87
18		Oceano County Park	20.4	42	84
19		Barka Slough	5.3	24	84
20		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	18	81
21		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	19	80
22		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	18	79
23		Los Alamos Park	12.6	31	77
24		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	29	74
25		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	25	73
26		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	45	71
27		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	12	69
28		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	12	68
29		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	19	64
30		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	30	64
31		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	8	63
32		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	17	63
33		Jalama Road	23.0	10	63
34		Colson Canyon	16.4	11	63
35		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	15	62
36		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	18	61
37		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	8	60
38		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	13	59
39		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	17	58
40		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	4	57
41		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	7	57
42		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	11	56
43		Miguelito County Park	17.4	26	55
44		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	55
45		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	16	54
46		A St. ponds	5.9	19	54
47		Black Road pasture	6.3	13	54
48		Preisker Park	9.7	13	53
49		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	13	52
50		Ira Lease Park	22.7	17	51
51		Halcyon	19.5	2	48
52		Birabent Canyon	23.7	7	47
53		Tepusquet Rd--summit	17.2	6	47
54		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	7	47
55		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	2	46
56		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	6	43
57		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	10	43
58		Dana Foothill Road	15.1	4	42
59		James Way Park	21.4	3	42
60		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	4	41
61		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	6	41
62		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	3	41
63		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	21	40
64		Strother Park	20.5	3	40
65		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	11	38
66		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	6	38
67		Pioneer Park	2.7	5	36
68		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	4	36
69		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	7	35
70		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	6	35
71		Town Center	21.1	5	35
72		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	1	34
73		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	5	34
74		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	10	34
75		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	3	34
76		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	2	34
77		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	1	33
78		Santa Ynez River Valley	17.6	1	32
79		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh	8.5	1	32
80		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	9	31
81		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	3	31
82		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	7	30
83		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	4	30
84		Riverbend Park	12.2	2	29
85		Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	1	27
86		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	2	26
87		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	7	26
88		Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	3	25
89		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	1	24
90		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	1	21
91		Maramonte Park	4.7	4	21
92		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	2	20
93		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	3	20
94		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	3	19
95		Beattie Park	14.7	1	19
96		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	1	19
97		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	2	18
98		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	3	17
99		Point Sal Trail	10.6	1	17
100		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	16
101		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	1	16
102		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	4	15
103		Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access)	18.9	1	15
104		Shell Beach	24.8	5	14
105		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	1	14
106		Surf Beach	13.9	3	14
107		La Tinta Hill	18.3	1	14
108		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	2	13
109		Palmer Rd	9.2	2	13
110		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	2	13
111		Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr	8.8	2	12
112		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	9
113		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	1	9
114		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	2	8
115		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	1	7
116		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	5	5
117		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	1	3
118		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	1	3
119		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	1	3
120		Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	1	2
121		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	1
122		Allan Hancock College	7.2	1	1
123		Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access)	24.8	1	1
124		Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse	21.7	1	1