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Where to find Royal Tern in December
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 Royal Tern in December. 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 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 23 66 34.8% 24.5%
3 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
5 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 23 143 16.1% 11.0%
6 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
7 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
8 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 7 111 6.3% 3.1%
9 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
10 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
11 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
12 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
13 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
14 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
15 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 3 170 1.8% 0.6%