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Where to find Pied-billed Grebe in October
within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Pied-billed Grebe in October. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 261 332 78.6% 73.9%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 468 625 74.9% 71.3%
3 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 45 65 69.2% 57.2%
4 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
5 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 45 71 63.4% 51.8%
6 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 105 213 49.3% 42.7%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
8 Oceano County Park 20.4 24 45 53.3% 39.1%
9 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
10 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
11 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
12 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
13 A St. ponds 5.9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
14 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
15 Ira Lease Park 22.7 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
16 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
17 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
19 Waller Park 4.2 16 62 25.8% 16.6%
20 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
21 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
22 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
23 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
24 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
27 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
28 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
29 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
30 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
31 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
32 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
33 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
34 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
35 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
36 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%