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Where to find Song Sparrow in May
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 May. 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) 15.8 460 514 89.5% 86.5%
2 Barka Slough 5.3 68 76 89.5% 80.6%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 179 210 85.2% 79.8%
4 Pismo Preserve 24.2 25 27 92.6% 76.6%
5 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
6 Colson Canyon 16.4 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
7 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
8 Lopez Lake 23.9 29 43 67.4% 52.5%
9 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 66 111 59.5% 50.2%
10 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 26 40 65.0% 49.5%
11 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
12 Biddle County Park 23.3 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
13 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
14 Huasna Road 19.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
15 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
16 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 Ira Lease Park 22.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
19 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
20 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
22 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
23 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
24 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 25 57 43.9% 31.8%
25 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
26 Strother Park 20.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
27 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
28 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
29 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
30 Oceano County Park 20.4 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
31 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
32 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
33 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
38 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 21 79 26.6% 18.1%
39 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
40 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
41 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
42 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
43 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
44 Jalama Road 23.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
45 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
46 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
47 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 James Way Park 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Miguelito County Park 17.4 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
54 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
55 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
56 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
57 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
58 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
59 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
62 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
63 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
64 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
65 Waller Park 4.2 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
66 Los Alamos Park 12.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
67 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
68 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
69 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
70 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
71 Shell Beach 24.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%