Bird Finder

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

This page shows the top birding locations in September. 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		Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	641	204
2		Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	329	191
3		Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	277	188
4		Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	81	162
5		Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	70	161
6		Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	91	134
7		Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	38	132
8		Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	65	130
9		Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	24	122
10		Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	72	116
11		Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	5	108
12		Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	21	105
13		Oceano County Park	20.4	55	105
14		Lopez Lake	23.9	17	103
15		Waller Park	4.2	61	99
16		Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	34	94
17		Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	46	89
18		Santa Maria WTP	7.5	43	88
19		Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	22	87
20		Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	30	86
21		River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	21	86
22		Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	13	80
23		Miguelito County Park	17.4	67	77
24		Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	17	74
25		San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	13	68
26		Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	6	68
27		Huasna Road	19.5	7	65
28		La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	11	61
29		Jalama Road	23.0	8	61
30		Colson Canyon	16.4	9	61
31		Pismo Preserve	24.2	11	60
32		Barka Slough	5.3	8	59
33		Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	17	56
34		Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	3	56
35		Mission Hills WTP	11.0	7	55
36		Biddle County Park	23.3	7	54
37		Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	11	54
38		Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	14	54
39		Margo Dodd Park	24.4	26	53
40		Los Alamos Park	12.6	21	53
41		Preisker Park	9.7	9	52
42		Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	3	51
43		Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	22	51
44		A St. ponds	5.9	13	48
45		Shell Beach	24.8	20	47
46		Orcutt Community Park	2.1	11	47
47		Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	7	47
48		VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	5	47
49		Surf Beach	13.9	16	45
50		Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	3	44
51		Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access)	12.7	16	44
52		Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	30	43
53		Point Sal Trail	10.6	7	43
54		River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	11	42
55		Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	17	42
56		North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	5	41
57		Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	5	40
58		Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	21	37
59		Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	18	36
60		Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	4	36
61		Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	3	36
62		Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	3	36
63		Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	4	33
64		Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	8	33
65		Tepusquet Road--north slope	18.0	3	32
66		Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	6	32
67		Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	6	31
68		Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	3	30
69		Mentone Basin Park	20.7	3	30
70		Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	3	30
71		Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	30
72		Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	3	30
73		Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	6	29
74		Black Road pasture	6.3	5	28
75		Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	3	28
76		Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	4	27
77		Tepusquet Rd--summit	17.2	3	27
78		Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	2	26
79		Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	4	26
80		La Tinta Hill	18.3	2	26
81		Autumn Woods (private community park)	2.2	2	26
82		Mussel Rock	13.1	1	22
83		Renwick Avenue	13.1	2	22
84		Riverbend Park	12.2	2	22
85		VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	3	21
86		Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	3	21
87		Allan Hancock College	7.2	5	20
88		Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	4	19
89		Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	2	19
90		Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	1	18
91		Pioneer Park	2.7	3	17
92		Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access)	19.1	3	16
93		Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	2	15
94		Casmalia--Point Sal Road	4.1	1	15
95		Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr	8.8	2	14
96		lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	4	13
97		Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access)	6.3	4	13
98		Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	9	13
99		Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road	7.9	1	13
100		Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	8	12
101		stakeout Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Arroyo Grande (2014)	23.1	3	11
102		Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	5	11
103		Andrew Murray Vineyards	20.2	1	11
104		Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	2	11
105		Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	10
106		Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	1	10
107		Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	2	9
108		Maramonte Park	4.7	2	9
109		Santa Ynez River Valley	17.6	1	8
110		Birabent Canyon	23.7	1	8
111		Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	2	8
112		Strother Park	20.5	1	8
113		Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse	21.7	1	8
114		Town Center	21.1	2	7
115		Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	2	6
116		Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	3
117		Trilogy Water Treatment Plant	13.6	1	2
118		Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	1	1