Bird Finder

Where to find Spotted Towhee in December
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 Spotted Towhee in December. 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.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
2 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
4 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
5 Colson Canyon 16.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
6 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 43 79 54.4% 43.5%
7 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
8 Miguelito County Park 17.4 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
9 Huasna Road 19.5 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
10 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
11 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
12 Los Alamos Park 12.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
13 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
14 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
15 Birabent Canyon 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
16 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 48 170 28.2% 22.0%
17 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Beattie Park 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Andrew Murray Vineyards 20.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
22 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
23 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
24 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
25 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
26 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
27 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
28 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
29 Pismo Preserve 24.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
30 Point Sal Trail 10.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
31 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
32 Jalama Road 23.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
35 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
36 Lopez Lake 23.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
37 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
38 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
39 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 Barka Slough 5.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
42 Pioneer Park 2.7 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
43 Oceano County Park 20.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
44 Biddle County Park 23.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
45 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
46 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
48 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
49 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
52 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
53 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
54 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
55 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
56 Waller Park 4.2 5 152 3.3% 1.4%
57 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
58 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
59 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
60 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
61 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
62 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
63 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
64 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 1 143 0.7% 0.1%