Bird Finder

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

This page shows the top birding locations in May. 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	514	182
2		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	111	156
3		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	210	153
4		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	57	123
5		Lopez Lake	23.9	43	121
6		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	79	119
7		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	49	107
8		Barka Slough	5.3	76	103
9		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	19	97
10		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	10	97
11		Huasna Road	19.5	9	96
12		Pismo Preserve	24.2	27	90
13		Waller Park	4.2	32	89
14		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	35	88
15		Biddle County Park	23.3	42	87
16		Jalama Road	23.0	15	83
17		Oceano County Park	20.4	28	82
18		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	40	82
19		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	19	80
20		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	17	80
21		Colson Canyon	16.4	21	80
22		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	10	79
23		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	46	74
24		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	19	72
25		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	15	71
26		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	42	71
27		Miguelito County Park	17.4	46	70
28		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	14	70
29		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	19	69
30		Los Alamos Park	12.6	34	66
31		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	12	66
32		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	7	66
33		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	16	66
34		Birabent Canyon	23.7	13	61
35		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	14	59
36		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	8	57
37		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	11	57
38		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	6	57
39		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	22	54
40		Ira Lease Park	22.7	3	54
41		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	6	53
42		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	12	53
43		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	19	51
44		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	25	51
45		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	19	50
46		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	7	49
47		Strother Park	20.5	8	49
48		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	13	49
49		Dana Foothill Road	15.1	6	48
50		Preisker Park	9.7	6	47
51		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	10	47
52		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	8	47
53		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	5	47
54		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	5	46
55		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	4	46
56		Tepusquet Rd--summit	17.2	4	46
57		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	8	45
58		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	2	44
59		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	6	44
60		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	43
61		Point Sal Trail	10.6	3	43
62		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	5	42
63		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	22	41
64		A St. ponds	5.9	11	40
65		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	14	40
66		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	4	39
67		Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	3	39
68		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	4	38
69		Pioneer Park	2.7	7	37
70		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	2	37
71		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	3	37
72		James Way Park	21.4	2	37
73		Shell Beach	24.8	26	36
74		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	4	36
75		Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access)	19.1	3	36
76		Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	3	35
77		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	20	34
78		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	7	32
79		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	3	32
80		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	7	32
81		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	6	31
82		Surf Beach	13.9	9	31
83		Halcyon	19.5	3	31
84		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	4	31
85		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	2	30
86		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	3	28
87		Black Road pasture	6.3	3	27
88		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	2	27
89		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	3	23
90		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	5	23
91		Palmer Rd	9.2	2	23
92		Riverbend Park	12.2	4	23
93		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	2	22
94		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	2	21
95		Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road	7.9	1	21
96		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	3	19
97		Allan Hancock College	7.2	3	19
98		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	3	19
99		Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access)	6.3	4	16
100		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	1	15
101		Long Canyon Road (including pond)	11.4	2	14
102		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	1	14
103		Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	2	13
104		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	11
105		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	3	10
106		Town Center	21.1	3	9
107		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	3	8
108		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	2	8
109		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	1	7
110		Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access)	24.8	1	5
111		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	3	4
112		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	1	2
113		Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access)	18.9	1	2
114		Trilogy Water Treatment Plant	13.6	1	1
115		Santa Ynez River--west of Buellton	21.1	1	1