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Where to find White-crowned Sparrow in January
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 White-crowned Sparrow in January. 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 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
2 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
3 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
4 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
5 Pismo Preserve 24.2 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
6 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 62 102 60.8% 51.1%
7 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 35 56 62.5% 49.4%
8 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 114 209 54.5% 47.8%
9 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 178 356 50.0% 44.8%
10 Waller Park 4.2 69 131 52.7% 44.2%
11 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Pioneer Park 2.7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
13 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
14 Barka Slough 5.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
15 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
16 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
17 Huasna Road 19.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
18 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 66 146 45.2% 37.4%
19 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
20 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
21 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
22 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
23 Jalama Road 23.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
26 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
27 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
28 Lopez Lake 23.9 29 68 42.6% 31.6%
29 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
30 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 30 74 40.5% 30.1%
31 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
32 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
33 Preisker Park 9.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
34 Los Alamos Park 12.6 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
35 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
36 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
37 Oceano County Park 20.4 27 71 38.0% 27.6%
38 A St. ponds 5.9 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
39 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 33 95 34.7% 25.9%
40 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
41 Maramonte Park 4.7 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
42 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
43 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
44 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
45 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
46 Biddle County Park 23.3 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
47 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
48 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
56 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
57 Riverbend Park 12.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
58 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
59 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
60 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 14 50 28.0% 17.5%
61 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
62 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
63 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
64 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
65 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Vandenberg Village--North 9.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
67 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
68 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
69 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
70 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
71 Colson Canyon 16.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
72 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
73 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
74 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
75 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
76 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Beattie Park 14.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
83 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
84 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
85 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
86 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
87 Allan Hancock College 7.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
88 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
90 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
91 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
92 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
93 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
94 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
95 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
96 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
97 Miguelito County Park 17.4 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
98 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
99 Shell Beach 24.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
100 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
101 Surf Beach 13.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
102 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
103 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.