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Where to find Great Blue Heron 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 Great Blue Heron 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			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	97	143	67.8%	59.8%
2			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	101	170	59.4%	51.9%
3			Lopez Lake	23.9	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
4			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
5			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	28	66	42.4%	31.2%
6			A St. ponds	5.9	26	61	42.6%	31.0%
7			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	30	79	38.0%	28.1%
8			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
9			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	32	111	28.8%	21.2%
10			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
11			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
12			Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse	21.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
13			Oceano County Park	20.4	9	29	31.0%	17.3%
14			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
15			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
16			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
17			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	11	55	20.0%	11.6%
18			Black Road pasture	6.3	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
19			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	9	65	13.8%	7.5%
20			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
21			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
22			Huasna Road	19.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
23			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
24			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
25			Waller Park	4.2	14	152	9.2%	5.6%
26			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
27			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
28			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
29			Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
30			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
31			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	3	56	5.4%	1.8%
32			Shell Beach	24.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
33			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
34			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
35			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
36			La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
37			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
38			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
39			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	1	47	2.1%	0.4%