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Where to find American Kestrel 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 American Kestrel 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 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
2 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
3 Huasna Road 19.5 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
4 Jalama Road 23.0 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
5 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
7 Barka Slough 5.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
8 Pismo Preserve 24.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
9 Pioneer Park 2.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 A St. ponds 5.9 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
11 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 85 213 39.9% 33.6%
12 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
13 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
14 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
15 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
16 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
17 Lopez Lake 23.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
18 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
19 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
24 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
25 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
26 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
27 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
28 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Point Sal Trail 10.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
31 Renwick Avenue 13.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
32 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
33 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
34 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Lompoc Water Treatment Plant 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
39 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 37 332 11.1% 8.2%
40 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
41 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
42 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
43 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
44 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
46 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
47 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
48 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 34 625 5.4% 3.9%
49 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
50 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
51 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
52 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
53 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
54 Biddle County Park 23.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
55 Shell Beach 24.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
56 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
57 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
58 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
59 Colson Canyon 16.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
61 Surf Beach 13.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
62 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
63 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
64 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
65 Los Alamos Park 12.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
66 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
67 Oceano County Park 20.4 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
68 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
69 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
70 Miguelito County Park 17.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
71 Waller Park 4.2 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
72 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
73 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
74 Preisker Park 9.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
75 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%