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Where to find Western Meadowlark 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 Western Meadowlark 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 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
2 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
3 Riverbend Park 12.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
4 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
6 Pismo Preserve 24.2 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
7 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
8 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
9 Black Road pasture 6.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
10 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
11 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
12 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
13 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
14 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
15 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 28 356 7.9% 5.5%
16 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
17 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
18 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
19 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 11 146 7.5% 4.3%
20 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
21 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
22 Huasna Road 19.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
23 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
24 A St. ponds 5.9 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
25 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
26 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
27 Lopez Lake 23.9 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
28 Colson Canyon 16.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
29 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
30 Barka Slough 5.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
31 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
32 Maramonte Park 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
33 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
34 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
35 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
36 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
37 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
38 Los Alamos Park 12.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
39 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
40 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
41 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 1 209 0.5% 0.1%