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

This page shows the top birding locations in July. 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	251	147
2		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	240	144
3		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	72	123
4		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	57	121
5		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	59	104
6		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	85	100
7		Oceano County Park	20.4	42	91
8		Lopez Lake	23.9	15	83
9		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	41	77
10		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	43	76
11		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	12	75
12		Barka Slough	5.3	22	75
13		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	10	75
14		Biddle County Park	23.3	23	73
15		Waller Park	4.2	31	71
16		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	19	71
17		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	20	68
18		Huasna Road	19.5	6	67
19		Jalama Road	23.0	7	65
20		Pismo Preserve	24.2	18	64
21		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	25	63
22		Colson Canyon	16.4	11	61
23		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	13	60
24		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	29	59
25		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	13	59
26		Los Alamos Park	12.6	26	58
27		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	11	56
28		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	5	56
29		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	14	56
30		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	21	55
31		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	10	55
32		Point Sal Trail	10.6	3	55
33		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	20	54
34		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	13	54
35		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	4	54
36		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	17	53
37		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	17	51
38		Miguelito County Park	17.4	15	49
39		Upper Los Berros Road	17.7	1	49
40		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	8	48
41		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	4	48
42		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	12	46
43		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	38	45
44		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	22	45
45		A St. ponds	5.9	19	45
46		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	20	45
47		Birabent Canyon	23.7	6	44
48		Surf Beach	13.9	21	44
49		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	26	44
50		Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	5	43
51		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	4	42
52		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	2	40
53		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	6	38
54		Bull Canyon Road	10.3	4	38
55		Strother Park	20.5	6	37
56		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	9	36
57		Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	5	36
58		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	7	35
59		Suey Creek Rd.	13.8	2	34
60		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	6	34
61		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	2	33
62		La Tinta Hill	18.3	3	33
63		Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	33
64		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	9	32
65		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	4	32
66		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	7	32
67		Renwick Avenue	13.1	1	32
68		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	5	32
69		Cat Canyon Road	11.3	2	32
70		Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	2	31
71		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	6	30
72		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	17	30
73		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	4	30
74		Preisker Park	9.7	4	29
75		Shell Beach	24.8	23	29
76		Pioneer Park	2.7	3	29
77		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	4	28
78		Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	3	28
79		Riverbend Park	12.2	5	28
80		Tepusquet Rd--summit	17.2	2	26
81		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	3	26
82		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	8	25
83		Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	3	24
84		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	3	23
85		Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Minuteman Beach	8.6	2	23
86		Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr	8.8	6	22
87		Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access)	19.1	1	20
88		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	2	19
89		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	6	19
90		Long Canyon Road (including pond)	11.4	2	19
91		Santa Ynez River Valley	17.6	2	18
92		Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	2	17
93		Beckmen Vineyards	24.1	5	17
94		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	1	17
95		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	6	16
96		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	1	16
97		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	3	16
98		Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	16
99		Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	16
100		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	1	15
101		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	1	14
102		Allan Hancock College	7.2	3	14
103		Vandenberg Village--North	9.4	1	14
104		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	12	14
105		Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road	7.9	1	14
106		Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	2	13
107		Palmer Rd	9.2	1	12
108		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	5	12
109		Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	1	11
110		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	1	11
111		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	10
112		Beattie Park	14.7	1	8
113		Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course	14.0	1	8
114		Dana Foothill Road	15.1	1	7
115		Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	1	7
116		Maramonte Park	4.7	2	7
117		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	1	6
118		Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	1	4
119		Town Center	21.1	2	3
120		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	2	2
121		Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access)	6.3	1	1
122		Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	1	1
123		Autumn Woods (private community park)	2.2	1	1