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

This page shows the top birding locations in April. 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	315	190
2		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	154	158
3		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	82	143
4		Lopez Lake	23.9	42	130
5		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	28	130
6		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	56	128
7		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	32	119
8		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	11	112
9		Oceano County Park	20.4	48	111
10		Barka Slough	5.3	88	110
11		Waller Park	4.2	31	106
12		Pismo Preserve	24.2	30	106
13		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	19	102
14		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	14	98
15		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	42	93
16		Biddle County Park	23.3	38	92
17		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	18	91
18		Colson Canyon	16.4	17	90
19		Huasna Road	19.5	5	89
20		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	26	88
21		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	28	87
22		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	14	82
23		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	19	82
24		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	21	79
25		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	8	78
26		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	15	77
27		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	42	77
28		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	25	77
29		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	29	77
30		Tepusquet Rd--summit	17.2	8	75
31		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	5	74
32		Birabent Canyon	23.7	16	73
33		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	10	70
34		Miguelito County Park	17.4	33	69
35		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	29	69
36		Dana Foothill Road	15.1	11	69
37		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	7	69
38		Los Alamos Park	12.6	29	68
39		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	4	66
40		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	15	65
41		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	15	64
42		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	10	62
43		Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	2	62
44		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	19	60
45		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	17	58
46		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	23	58
47		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	5	56
48		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	9	56
49		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	7	55
50		Shell Beach	24.8	23	54
51		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	29	53
52		A St. ponds	5.9	23	53
53		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	5	53
54		Preisker Park	9.7	8	52
55		Jalama Road	23.0	9	52
56		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	6	50
57		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	9	50
58		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	5	50
59		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	13	49
60		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	4	48
61		Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	4	48
62		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	10	47
63		Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access)	6.7	1	47
64		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	5	47
65		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	5	46
66		Pioneer Park	2.7	3	45
67		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	9	44
68		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	7	43
69		Black Road pasture	6.3	9	43
70		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	6	42
71		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	2	41
72		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	8	41
73		Halcyon	19.5	2	41
74		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	5	40
75		Surf Beach	13.9	10	39
76		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	4	37
77		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	7	36
78		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	10	36
79		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	5	35
80		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	2	35
81		Ira Lease Park	22.7	11	33
82		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	3	31
83		Strother Park	20.5	3	31
84		Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	3	31
85		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	1	29
86		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	3	28
87		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	28
88		Riverbend Park	12.2	4	28
89		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	4	27
90		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	2	27
91		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	3	27
92		Point Sal Trail	10.6	1	26
93		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	1	25
94		Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access)	18.9	2	25
95		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	1	24
96		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	4	22
97		Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access)	24.8	2	20
98		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	1	19
99		Allan Hancock College	7.2	1	18
100		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	1	16
101		Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr	8.8	1	15
102		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	2	13
103		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	13
104		Maramonte Park	4.7	2	13
105		Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	1	13
106		Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access)	6.3	1	12
107		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	6	11
108		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	1	11
109		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	1	10
110		Palmer Rd	9.2	1	10
111		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	1	9
112		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	1	9
113		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	1	8
114		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	3	8
115		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	2	7
116		Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	2	6
117		Santa Ynez River Valley	17.6	3	4
118		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	1	2
119		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	1	1
120		Town Center	21.1	1	1
121		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	1	1
122		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	1	1
123		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	1	1
124		Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	1