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Where to find Northern Harrier 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 Northern Harrier 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 84 143 58.7% 50.5%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 34 66 51.5% 39.7%
3 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 75 170 44.1% 36.9%
4 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
5 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
7 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
8 Black Road pasture 6.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
9 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
10 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
11 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
12 Oceano County Park 20.4 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
13 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
14 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
15 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
16 Lopez Lake 23.9 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
17 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
18 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
19 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
20 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
21 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
22 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
23 Surf Beach 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
24 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
25 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
26 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
27 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
28 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
29 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
30 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
31 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
32 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
33 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
34 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
35 Waller Park 4.2 2 152 1.3% 0.4%
36 A St. ponds 5.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
37 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
38 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 1 111 0.9% 0.2%