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

This page shows the top birding locations in August. 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) 15.8 347 167
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 234 152
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 105 150
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 182 146
5 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 79 124
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 94 120
7 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 89 113
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 30 113
9 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 73 99
10 Lopez Lake 23.9 33 92
11 Waller Park 4.2 55 90
12 Oceano County Park 20.4 44 90
13 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 31 87
14 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 13 86
15 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 60 83
16 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 16 79
17 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 32 74
18 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 31 69
19 Barka Slough 5.3 10 65
20 Huasna Road 19.5 6 61
21 Colson Canyon 16.4 9 59
22 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 23 58
23 Pismo Preserve 24.2 17 58
24 Miguelito County Park 17.4 33 56
25 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 13 55
26 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 32 55
27 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 15 53
28 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 21 53
29 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 12 51
30 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 20 50
31 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 5 48
32 Biddle County Park 23.3 14 47
33 A St. ponds 5.9 18 47
34 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 5 47
35 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 14 46
36 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 11 45
37 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 44
38 Preisker Park 9.7 10 42
39 Los Alamos Park 12.6 19 42
40 Surf Beach 13.9 21 42
41 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 42
42 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 42
43 Halcyon 19.5 4 41
44 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 10 40
45 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 13 40
46 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 11 38
47 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 38
48 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 3 38
49 Shell Beach 24.8 12 36
50 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 5 35
51 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 15 35
52 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 21 34
53 Town Center 21.1 1 34
54 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 12 33
55 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 13 33
56 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 6 33
57 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 19 32
58 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 7 32
59 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 32
60 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 6 31
61 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 7 30
62 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 28
63 Jalama Road 23.0 3 28
64 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 28
65 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 6 28
66 Pioneer Park 2.7 5 27
67 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 8 25
68 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 3 25
69 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 25
70 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 2 25
71 Riverbend Park 12.2 5 23
72 Beattie Park 14.7 3 23
73 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 6 22
74 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 2 21
75 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 5 20
76 Strother Park 20.5 1 20
77 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 19
78 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 19
79 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 18
80 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 17
81 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 15
82 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 14
83 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 13
84 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 13
85 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 2 13
86 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 12
87 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 12
88 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 11 12
89 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 12
90 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 2 11
91 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 11
92 Vandenberg Village--North 9.4 2 11
93 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 11
94 Andrew Murray Vineyards 20.2 1 11
95 Vandenberg SFB--Trestle Beach (restricted access) 19.2 1 11
96 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 10
97 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 1 10
98 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 2 10
99 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 9
100 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 8
101 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 2 8
102 Birabent Canyon 23.7 1 7
103 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 7
104 La Tinta Hill 18.3 5 6
105 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 6
106 Santa Ynez River Valley 17.6 1 5
107 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 1 5
108 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 3 3
109 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 2
110 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 1