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Where to find Brown Pelican in January
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 Brown Pelican in January. 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 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 36 50 72.0% 58.3%
3 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
4 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
5 Surf Beach 13.9 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
6 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
7 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 64 146 43.8% 36.0%
8 Shell Beach 24.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
9 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 16 48 33.3% 21.7%
10 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
12 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 22 95 23.2% 15.8%
13 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
14 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
15 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
16 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
17 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 35 356 9.8% 7.2%
18 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
19 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
20 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
21 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
22 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
23 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 5 209 2.4% 1.0%
24 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 71 1.4% 0.2%