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Where to find Brown Pelican in May
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 May. 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 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 37 46 80.4% 66.8%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
3 Shell Beach 24.8 19 26 73.1% 53.9%
4 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
5 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 23 35 65.7% 49.2%
6 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
7 Surf Beach 13.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
8 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 53 111 47.7% 38.7%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
10 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
11 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
12 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
13 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 28 79 35.4% 25.8%
14 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 20 57 35.1% 24.0%
15 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
16 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
17 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
18 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
19 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
20 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
21 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 30 514 5.8% 4.1%
22 Pismo Preserve 24.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
23 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 6 210 2.9% 1.3%
24 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
25 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
26 Lopez Lake 23.9 1 43 2.3% 0.4%