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

This page shows the top birding locations in June. 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) 15.8 277 151
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 123 143
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 206 124
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 28 103
5 Lopez Lake 23.9 30 99
6 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 55 92
7 Oceano County Park 20.4 55 90
8 Barka Slough 5.3 56 86
9 Huasna Road 19.5 9 84
10 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 16 83
11 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 39 80
12 Biddle County Park 23.3 36 77
13 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 30 76
14 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 26 75
15 Colson Canyon 16.4 20 74
16 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 25 67
17 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 16 66
18 Jalama Road 23.0 4 65
19 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 64
20 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 12 63
21 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 4 63
22 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 63
23 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 39 62
24 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 13 62
25 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 19 61
26 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 23 59
27 Pismo Preserve 24.2 12 58
28 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 18 57
29 Miguelito County Park 17.4 26 56
30 Point Sal Trail 10.6 8 56
31 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 12 55
32 Waller Park 4.2 19 53
33 Los Alamos Park 12.6 18 52
34 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 52
35 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 4 51
36 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 20 51
37 Strother Park 20.5 23 51
38 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 13 50
39 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 6 49
40 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 4 49
41 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 10 48
42 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 3 48
43 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 3 48
44 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 18 48
45 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 46 47
46 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 2 47
47 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 3 46
48 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 6 46
49 Vandenberg Village--North 9.4 5 45
50 Birabent Canyon 23.7 5 43
51 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 6 43
52 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 9 42
53 A St. ponds 5.9 14 40
54 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 5 39
55 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 6 39
56 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 39
57 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 21 38
58 Preisker Park 9.7 7 37
59 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 14 37
60 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 7 36
61 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 4 35
62 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 6 34
63 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 6 33
64 Shell Beach 24.8 27 32
65 Surf Beach 13.9 14 31
66 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 7 31
67 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 4 31
68 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 3 31
69 Riverbend Park 12.2 4 31
70 Halcyon 19.5 2 30
71 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 3 30
72 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 29
73 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 29
74 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 8 28
75 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 11 28
76 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 5 28
77 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 2 28
78 James Way Park 21.4 3 28
79 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 2 26
80 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 7 26
81 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 3 26
82 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 7 25
83 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 3 23
84 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 22
85 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 22
86 Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr 8.8 5 21
87 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 2 20
88 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 19
89 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 19
90 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 6 18
91 Pioneer Park 2.7 2 18
92 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 3 15
93 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 3 15
94 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 3 14
95 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 14
96 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 13
97 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 2 13
98 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 2 12
99 Santa Ynez River Valley 17.6 1 11
100 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 3 11
101 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 10
102 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 9
103 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 2 8
104 Renwick Avenue 13.1 1 8
105 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 8 7
106 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 2 6
107 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 5
108 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 3
109 stakeout Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Arroyo Grande (2014) 23.1 1 2
110 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 1
111 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 1
112 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 1
113 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 1
114 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 1