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Where to find Western Meadowlark 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 Western Meadowlark 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 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
2 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
3 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
4 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
5 Black Road pasture 6.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
6 Riverbend Park 12.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
7 Renwick Avenue 13.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
8 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
9 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
10 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
11 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
12 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
13 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
14 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
15 Huasna Road 19.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
16 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
17 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
18 Lompoc Water Treatment Plant 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
19 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
20 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
21 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
22 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
23 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
24 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 33 332 9.9% 7.2%
25 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
26 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 19 213 8.9% 5.8%
27 Birabent Canyon 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
28 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
29 Pismo Preserve 24.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
30 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
31 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
32 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
33 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
34 Barka Slough 5.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
35 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
36 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
37 Jalama Road 23.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
38 Waller Park 4.2 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
39 A St. ponds 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
40 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
41 Lopez Lake 23.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
42 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
43 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
44 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
45 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 2 625 0.3% 0.1%