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Where to find Song Sparrow in January
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 Song Sparrow in January. 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) 15.8 263 356 73.9% 69.1%
2 Pismo Preserve 24.2 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
4 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 60 102 58.8% 49.1%
5 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 111 209 53.1% 46.3%
6 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
7 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
8 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
9 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
10 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 63 146 43.2% 35.4%
11 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
12 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 25 56 44.6% 32.4%
13 Barka Slough 5.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
14 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
15 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
16 Oceano County Park 20.4 26 71 36.6% 26.4%
17 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
18 Lopez Lake 23.9 22 68 32.4% 22.4%
19 Biddle County Park 23.3 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
21 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 16 50 32.0% 20.8%
22 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
23 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 26 95 27.4% 19.4%
27 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
28 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
29 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
30 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
31 Colson Canyon 16.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
32 Huasna Road 19.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
33 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
34 Waller Park 4.2 20 131 15.3% 10.1%
35 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
39 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 10 74 13.5% 7.5%
40 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
41 Los Alamos Park 12.6 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
42 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
43 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
44 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
45 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
48 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
49 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
50 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
52 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
53 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
54 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 A St. ponds 5.9 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
56 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
57 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
58 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
59 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
61 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
62 Surf Beach 13.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
63 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
64 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
65 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
66 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
67 Preisker Park 9.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
68 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
69 Miguelito County Park 17.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%