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Where to find Turkey Vulture 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 Turkey Vulture 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			Lopez Lake	23.9	47	68	69.1%	57.4%
2			Huasna Road	19.5	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
3			Biddle County Park	23.3	23	35	65.7%	49.2%
4			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	22	34	64.7%	47.9%
5			Dana Foothill Road	15.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
6			Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
7			Miguelito County Park	17.4	20	33	60.6%	43.7%
8			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	74	146	50.7%	42.7%
9			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
10			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	101	209	48.3%	41.6%
11			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
12			Waller Park	4.2	63	131	48.1%	39.7%
13			La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	19	36	52.8%	37.0%
14			Black Road pasture	6.3	12	21	57.1%	36.5%
15			A St. ponds	5.9	16	30	53.3%	36.1%
16			Orcutt Community Park	2.1	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
17			Jalama Road	23.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
18			James Way Park	21.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
19			Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
20			Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
21			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	132	356	37.1%	32.2%
22			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	42	102	41.2%	32.1%
23			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	14	29	48.3%	31.4%
24			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	38	95	40.0%	30.7%
25			Pismo Preserve	24.2	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
26			Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
27			Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
28			Riverbend Park	12.2	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
29			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
30			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	22	56	39.3%	27.6%
31			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	27	74	36.5%	26.4%
32			Los Alamos Park	12.6	16	40	40.0%	26.3%
33			San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
34			Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
35			Maramonte Park	4.7	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
36			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
37			Barka Slough	5.3	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
38			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
39			Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
40			Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access)	18.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
41			Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
42			Pioneer Park	2.7	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
43			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
44			Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
45			Upper Los Berros Road	17.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
46			Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
47			Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
48			Oceano County Park	20.4	21	71	29.6%	20.2%
49			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
50			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	11	33	33.3%	19.8%
51			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
52			Santa Maria Cemetery	6.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
53			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
54			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
55			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
56			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
57			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
58			Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing)	20.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
59			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	9	35	25.7%	14.2%
60			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
61			Surf Beach	13.9	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
62			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	10	50	20.0%	11.2%
63			Shell Beach	24.8	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
64			Margo Dodd Park	24.4	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
65			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
66			Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	9	50	18.0%	9.8%
67			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
68			Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave	13.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
69			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
70			Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
71			Beattie Park	14.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
72			Autumn Woods (private community park)	2.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
73			VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
74			Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	6	32	18.8%	8.9%
75			Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
76			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	7	48	14.6%	7.2%
77			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
78			lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
79			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
80			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
81			Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
82			Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
83			Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
84			Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
85			VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
86			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
87			Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
88			Nipomo Regional Park	13.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
89			Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
90			Ira Lease Park	22.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
91			Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
92			Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails	1.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
93			Preisker Park	9.7	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
94			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
95			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
96			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
97			Colson Canyon	16.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
98			Allan Hancock College	7.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
99			Town Center	21.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
100			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%