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Where to find Golden-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 Golden-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 Pismo Preserve 24.2 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 105 209 50.2% 43.5%
3 Los Alamos Park 12.6 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
4 Pioneer Park 2.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
5 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
6 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
7 Barka Slough 5.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
8 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
14 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
15 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
16 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
17 Waller Park 4.2 28 131 21.4% 15.2%
18 Lopez Lake 23.9 16 68 23.5% 15.0%
19 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 22 102 21.6% 14.7%
20 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
21 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 55 356 15.4% 12.1%
22 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
23 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
24 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
25 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
26 Jalama Road 23.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
30 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
31 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
32 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
33 Biddle County Park 23.3 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
34 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
35 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
36 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
37 Oceano County Park 20.4 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
38 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
39 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
45 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
46 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
47 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
48 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
50 Huasna Road 19.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
51 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
52 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
53 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
54 Miguelito County Park 17.4 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
55 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
56 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 7 146 4.8% 2.3%
57 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 5 95 5.3% 2.3%
58 Colson Canyon 16.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
59 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
60 Shell Beach 24.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
61 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
62 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
63 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
64 Maramonte Park 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
65 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
66 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
67 Preisker Park 9.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
68 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
69 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
70 A St. ponds 5.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
71 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 39 2.6% 0.5%