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Where to find Double-crested Cormorant 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 Double-crested Cormorant 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 296 356 83.1% 78.9%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 110 146 75.3% 67.8%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 51 68 75.0% 63.6%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 113 209 54.1% 47.3%
5 Waller Park 4.2 68 131 51.9% 43.4%
6 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
7 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
9 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
10 Oceano County Park 20.4 21 71 29.6% 20.2%
11 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
12 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 25 95 26.3% 18.5%
13 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 16 56 28.6% 18.4%
14 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
15 A St. ponds 5.9 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
16 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
17 Surf Beach 13.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
18 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
19 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
20 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 14 102 13.7% 8.4%
22 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
23 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
24 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
25 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
26 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
27 Shell Beach 24.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
28 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
29 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
30 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
31 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
32 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
33 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
34 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
35 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
36 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
37 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
38 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
39 Maramonte Park 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
40 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
41 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
42 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
43 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
44 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 1 74 1.4% 0.2%