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Where to find Double-crested Cormorant 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 Double-crested Cormorant 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) 15.8 257 332 77.4% 72.6%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 162 213 76.1% 69.9%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 411 625 65.8% 62.0%
5 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 32 65 49.2% 37.5%
6 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 26 57 45.6% 33.4%
7 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 21 46 45.7% 32.2%
8 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
9 Waller Park 4.2 26 62 41.9% 30.5%
10 A St. ponds 5.9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
11 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
12 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
13 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 26 71 36.6% 26.4%
14 Oceano County Park 20.4 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
15 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
17 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
18 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
19 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
20 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
21 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
22 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Surf Beach 13.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
25 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
26 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
27 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
28 Ira Lease Park 22.7 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
29 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
30 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
31 Shell Beach 24.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
34 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
35 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
36 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
37 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
38 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
39 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%