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Where to find Brown Pelican 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 Brown Pelican 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 River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	67	81	82.7%	73.1%
2			Margo Dodd Park	24.4	23	26	88.5%	71.0%
3			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	52	65	80.0%	68.7%
4			Shell Beach	24.8	17	20	85.0%	64.0%
5			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	19	24	79.2%	59.5%
6			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	161	277	58.1%	52.2%
7			Surf Beach	13.9	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
8			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
9			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
10			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	23	38	60.5%	44.7%
11			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	40	72	55.6%	44.1%
12			Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access)	12.5	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
13			Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
14			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	38	70	54.3%	42.7%
15			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
16			Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
17			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	15	46	32.6%	20.9%
18			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
19			Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
20			Mussel Rock	13.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
21			Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse	21.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
22			Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
23			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
24			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
25			Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access)	11.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
26			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	29	329	8.8%	6.2%
27			Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
28			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
29			Point Sal Trail	10.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
30			Oceano County Park	20.4	3	55	5.5%	1.9%
31			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	12	641	1.9%	1.1%
32			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	22	4.5%	0.8%