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Where to find Sora 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 Sora 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 229 332 69.0% 63.8%
2 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
4 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
5 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
8 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
9 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
10 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
11 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 41 625 6.6% 4.9%
12 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
13 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
14 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 8 213 3.8% 1.9%
15 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
16 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
17 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
18 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%