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Where to find Western Sandpiper in September
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 September. 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 WTP 7.5 33 43 76.7% 62.3%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 169 277 61.0% 55.2%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 35 81 43.2% 33.0%
4 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
5 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 26 65 40.0% 29.0%
6 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 26 70 37.1% 26.8%
7 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
8 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
9 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 12 38 31.6% 19.1%
10 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
11 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
12 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
13 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 37 329 11.2% 8.3%
14 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 11 91 12.1% 6.9%
15 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
16 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
17 A St. ponds 5.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
18 Surf Beach 13.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
19 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
20 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
21 Lopez Lake 23.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
22 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
23 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
24 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 3 641 0.5% 0.2%