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Where to find Black-crowned Night-Heron 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 Black-crowned Night-Heron 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 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 117 210 55.7% 49.0%
2 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 113 514 22.0% 18.6%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 16 57 28.1% 18.1%
4 Oceano County Park 20.4 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
5 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 11 79 13.9% 8.0%
7 Shell Beach 24.8 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
8 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
9 Waller Park 4.2 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
10 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
11 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
12 Lopez Lake 23.9 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
13 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
14 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
15 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
16 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
17 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
18 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
19 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
20 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
21 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
22 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%