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Where to find Killdeer in October
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 Killdeer in October. 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 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 20 22 90.9% 72.2%
2 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 25 30 83.3% 66.4%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
4 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
5 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
6 Riverbend Park 12.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
7 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 26 46 56.5% 42.2%
8 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
9 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
10 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 98 213 46.0% 39.4%
11 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 23 47 48.9% 35.3%
12 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 131 332 39.5% 34.3%
13 Lompoc Water Treatment Plant 12.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
14 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
15 A St. ponds 5.9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
16 Renwick Avenue 13.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
17 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 22 57 38.6% 27.1%
18 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
19 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
20 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
21 Lopez Lake 23.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
22 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
24 Black Road pasture 6.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
25 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
26 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 19 71 26.8% 17.9%
27 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
28 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 17 65 26.2% 17.0%
29 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
30 Huasna Road 19.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
31 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
32 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
33 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
34 Preisker Park 9.7 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
35 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
38 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
39 Barka Slough 5.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Surf Beach 13.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
41 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 45 625 7.2% 5.4%
43 Los Alamos Park 12.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
44 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
46 Waller Park 4.2 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
47 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
48 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
49 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
50 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
51 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
52 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
53 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
54 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
55 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
56 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
57 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
58 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%