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Top Birds at Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

based on 89 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach in August. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Western Gull 35.2% 85.4% 50.2%
2   Heermann's Gull 20.5% 84.3% 63.8%
3   Brown Pelican 27.2% 82.0% 54.9%
4   California Gull 25.2% 77.5% 52.3%
5   Western Sandpiper 20.4% 62.9% 42.6%
6   Sanderling 10.2% 60.7% 50.5%
7   Double-crested Cormorant 48.4% 57.3% 8.9%
8   Snowy Plover 10.4% 52.8% 42.4%
9   Caspian Tern 20.8% 47.2% 26.4%
10   Semipalmated Plover 15.9% 40.4% 24.6%
11   Turkey Vulture 45.1% 39.3% 5.8%
12   Least Sandpiper 20.5% 38.2% 17.7%
13   Black Phoebe 51.7% 36.0% 15.8%
14   House Finch 42.4% 34.8% 7.6%
15   Whimbrel 10.3% 34.8% 24.5%
16   Barn Swallow 40.1% 33.7% 6.3%
17   Long-billed Curlew 13.3% 33.7% 20.4%
18   Elegant Tern 9.6% 33.7% 24.1%
19   Mallard 56.7% 32.6% 24.1%
20   Marbled Godwit 9.9% 31.5% 21.5%
21   White-crowned Sparrow 13.2% 29.2% 16.0%
22   Red-necked Phalarope 19.6% 27.0% 7.3%
23   Brandt's Cormorant 7.4% 24.7% 17.3%
24   Willet 12.8% 23.6% 10.8%
25   Killdeer 25.3% 22.5% 2.9%
26   Wrentit 26.4% 20.2% 6.2%
27   Osprey 11.5% 20.2% 8.8%
28   Brewer's Blackbird 21.8% 16.9% 4.9%
29   Baird's Sandpiper 4.7% 16.9% 12.1%
30   Sooty Shearwater 6.6% 15.7% 9.1%
31   Great Blue Heron 36.3% 14.6% 21.7%
32   Ring-billed Gull 9.2% 13.5% 4.2%
33   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0% 13.5% 13.5%
34   Mourning Dove 28.9% 12.4% 16.6%
35   Great Egret 28.8% 12.4% 16.5%
36   Snowy Egret 21.8% 12.4% 9.4%
37   Peregrine Falcon 5.0% 12.4% 7.3%
38   Song Sparrow 39.3% 11.2% 28.1%
39   Black-bellied Plover 8.5% 11.2% 2.7%
40   Western Grebe 9.1% 9.0% 0.1%
41   Least Tern 14.9% 7.9% 7.1%
42   Wilson's Phalarope 10.5% 7.9% 2.6%
43   Spotted Sandpiper 5.0% 7.9% 2.9%
44   Clark's Grebe 6.9% 6.7% 0.1%
45   Pelagic Cormorant 2.9% 6.7% 3.9%
46   Parasitic Jaeger 0.8% 6.7% 6.0%
47   Bewick's Wren 22.2% 5.6% 16.6%
48   Ruddy Turnstone 2.1% 5.6% 3.5%
49   Black Turnstone 1.9% 5.6% 3.7%
50   Black-vented Shearwater 1.5% 5.6% 4.1%
51   California Scrub-Jay 34.4% 4.5% 29.9%
52   Black-crowned Night-Heron 21.5% 4.5% 17.0%
53   Greater Yellowlegs 18.5% 4.5% 14.0%
54   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.3% 4.5% 5.8%
55   Royal Tern 7.1% 4.5% 2.6%
56   Pigeon Guillemot 3.6% 4.5% 0.9%
57   American Coot 37.4% 3.4% 34.0%
58   Bushtit 26.0% 3.4% 22.6%
59   Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25.9% 3.4% 22.5%
60   Common Yellowthroat 25.1% 3.4% 21.7%
61   California Towhee 23.7% 3.4% 20.3%
62   Red-tailed Hawk 21.9% 3.4% 18.5%
63   Cliff Swallow 21.2% 3.4% 17.8%
64   Gadwall 16.9% 3.4% 13.5%
65   Tree Swallow 15.7% 3.4% 12.3%
66   Lesser Goldfinch 14.1% 3.4% 10.8%
67   California Thrasher 11.5% 3.4% 8.1%
68   American White Pelican 10.3% 3.4% 7.0%
69   American Kestrel 9.3% 3.4% 5.9%
70   Northern Harrier 5.6% 3.4% 2.2%
71   Long-billed Dowitcher 5.0% 3.4% 1.7%
72   American Golden-Plover 0% 3.4% 3.4%
73   American Crow 31.5% 2.2% 29.3%
74   Anna's Hummingbird 27.5% 2.2% 25.2%
75   Ruddy Duck 25.4% 2.2% 23.1%
76   Nuttall's Woodpecker 20.0% 2.2% 17.8%
77   Cinnamon Teal 19.8% 2.2% 17.5%
78   Spotted Towhee 16.4% 2.2% 14.2%
79   Belted Kingfisher 14.2% 2.2% 11.9%
80   Yellow Warbler 12.6% 2.2% 10.4%
81   Red-shouldered Hawk 10.1% 2.2% 7.8%
82   Northern Flicker 8.0% 2.2% 5.8%
83   American Avocet 6.0% 2.2% 3.7%
84   Cooper's Hawk 5.2% 2.2% 2.9%
85   House Wren 4.8% 2.2% 2.5%
86   Loggerhead Shrike 3.4% 2.2% 1.1%
87   Surf Scoter 2.3% 2.2% 0.0%
88   Glaucous-winged Gull 0.5% 2.2% 1.8%
89   Franklin's Gull 0% 2.2% 2.2%
90   Red-winged Blackbird 27.6% 1.1% 26.5%
91   Eurasian Collared-Dove 26.7% 1.1% 25.6%
92   Wilson's Warbler 18.9% 1.1% 17.8%
93   European Starling 18.6% 1.1% 17.5%
94   Marsh Wren 16.3% 1.1% 15.2%
95   Downy Woodpecker 13.4% 1.1% 12.3%
96   Green Heron 13.0% 1.1% 11.9%
97   Oak Titmouse 12.1% 1.1% 11.0%
98   Rock Pigeon 11.4% 1.1% 10.3%
99   Orange-crowned Warbler 11.4% 1.1% 10.2%
100   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8.9% 1.1% 7.8%
101   Northern Mockingbird 8.2% 1.1% 7.1%
102   American Goldfinch 4.9% 1.1% 3.8%
103   Reddish Egret 4.6% 1.1% 3.5%
104   Canada Goose 4.1% 1.1% 3.0%
105   Brown-headed Cowbird 3.8% 1.1% 2.7%
106   Cassin's Kingbird 3.5% 1.1% 2.4%
107   Northern Pintail 2.5% 1.1% 1.4%
108   Horned Lark 1.9% 1.1% 0.7%
109   Western Tanager 1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
110   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.8% 1.1% 0.3%
111   Lazuli Bunting 0.7% 1.1% 0.4%
112   Bonaparte's Gull 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%
113   Sabine's Gull 0.4% 1.1% 0.7%