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Where to find Golden-crowned Sparrow 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 Golden-crowned Sparrow 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.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
2 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 39 79 49.4% 38.6%
4 Pismo Preserve 24.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
5 Los Alamos Park 12.6 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
6 Lopez Lake 23.9 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
7 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
8 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
9 Point Sal Trail 10.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
10 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
11 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
12 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 22 65 33.8% 23.5%
13 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
14 Halcyon 19.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
17 Huasna Road 19.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
18 Waller Park 4.2 38 152 25.0% 18.8%
19 Colson Canyon 16.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
20 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
21 Miguelito County Park 17.4 13 58 22.4% 13.6%
22 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 12 55 21.8% 12.9%
23 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
24 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
25 Birabent Canyon 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
26 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
27 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
28 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
29 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
30 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 21 170 12.4% 8.2%
31 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
32 Pioneer Park 2.7 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
33 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
34 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
35 Barka Slough 5.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
36 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
37 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
39 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
41 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
42 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
43 Oceano County Park 20.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
44 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
45 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
46 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 Preisker Park 9.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
48 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
49 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
52 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
53 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
54 Allan Hancock College 7.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
55 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
56 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
57 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 5 143 3.5% 1.5%
58 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
59 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
60 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
61 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
62 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
63 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
64 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%