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Where to find Western Sandpiper in August
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 Western Sandpiper in August. 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 13.3 154 234 65.8% 59.5%
2 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 43 60 71.7% 59.2%
3 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 56 89 62.9% 52.5%
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
5 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 36 79 45.6% 35.0%
6 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
7 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 40 105 38.1% 29.4%
8 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 20 73 27.4% 18.5%
9 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
10 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 56 347 16.1% 12.6%
11 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
12 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
13 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 12 94 12.8% 7.5%
14 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
15 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
16 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
17 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
18 Lopez Lake 23.9 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
19 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
20 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
21 Surf Beach 13.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
22 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
23 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
24 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 1 182 0.5% 0.1%