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Where to find Double-crested Cormorant in September
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 September. 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 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 221 277 79.8% 74.7%
2 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 254 329 77.2% 72.4%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 468 641 73.0% 69.4%
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 49 81 60.5% 49.6%
6 Lopez Lake 23.9 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
7 Oceano County Park 20.4 30 55 54.5% 41.5%
8 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
9 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 41 91 45.1% 35.2%
10 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 28 65 43.1% 31.8%
11 Waller Park 4.2 24 61 39.3% 28.1%
12 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 27 70 38.6% 28.0%
13 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
14 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 15 38 39.5% 25.6%
15 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
16 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 24 72 33.3% 23.5%
17 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
18 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
21 Shell Beach 24.8 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
22 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
23 A St. ponds 5.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
24 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
25 Surf Beach 13.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
26 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
27 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
29 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
30 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
33 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
34 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
35 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
36 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
37 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
38 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
39 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
40 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%