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Where to find Black-crowned Night-Heron in December
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 Black-crowned Night-Heron in December. 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) 15.8 114 170 67.1% 59.7%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 39 79 49.4% 38.6%
3 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 29 65 44.6% 33.2%
4 Ira Lease Park 22.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
5 Oceano County Park 20.4 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
6 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 19 111 17.1% 11.2%
8 Waller Park 4.2 24 152 15.8% 10.8%
9 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 20 143 14.0% 9.2%
10 Shell Beach 24.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
11 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
12 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
13 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
14 Lopez Lake 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
15 Huasna Road 19.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
16 Surf Beach 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
17 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
18 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
19 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
20 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
21 A St. ponds 5.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%