Bird Finder

Where to find Brown Pelican 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 Brown Pelican 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 River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 39 57 68.4% 55.5%
2 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 21 31 67.7% 50.1%
3 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 115 213 54.0% 47.3%
4 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 27 46 58.7% 44.3%
5 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
6 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 34 71 47.9% 36.7%
8 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
10 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
11 Shell Beach 24.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
12 Surf Beach 13.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
13 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 16 46 34.8% 22.7%
14 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Mussel Rock 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
19 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
20 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
22 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
23 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 23 332 6.9% 4.7%
24 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
25 Lopez Lake 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
26 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 8 625 1.3% 0.6%
27 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%