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Where to find Royal Tern 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 Royal Tern 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			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	103	277	37.2%	31.7%
2			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	13	38	34.2%	21.2%
3			Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
4			Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
5			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	23	81	28.4%	19.7%
6			Surf Beach	13.9	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
7			Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
8			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
9			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
10			Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
11			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	6	65	9.2%	4.3%
12			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	6	72	8.3%	3.9%
13			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	3	70	4.3%	1.5%
14			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
15			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
16			Shell Beach	24.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
17			Margo Dodd Park	24.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
18			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	3	329	0.9%	0.3%
19			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	2	641	0.3%	0.1%