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Where to find Turkey Vulture 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 Turkey Vulture 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 Huasna Road 19.5 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
2 Jalama Road 23.0 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
3 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
4 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
5 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
6 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 335 625 53.6% 49.7%
7 A St. ponds 5.9 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
8 Biddle County Park 23.3 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
9 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
10 Waller Park 4.2 34 62 54.8% 42.5%
11 Miguelito County Park 17.4 28 50 56.0% 42.3%
12 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
13 Lopez Lake 23.9 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
14 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
15 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 96 213 45.1% 38.5%
16 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 24 46 52.2% 38.1%
17 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 143 332 43.1% 37.9%
18 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 34 71 47.9% 36.7%
19 Pismo Preserve 24.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
20 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
21 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
22 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
24 Los Alamos Park 12.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
25 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
26 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
27 Ira Lease Park 22.7 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
28 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
29 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
30 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
31 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
32 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
33 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 23 65 35.4% 24.9%
34 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 22 64 34.4% 23.9%
35 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
36 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 19 57 33.3% 22.5%
37 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
38 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
39 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
40 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
47 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
48 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
49 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
50 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
51 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
52 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
53 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
54 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
55 Point Sal Trail 10.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
56 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
57 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
58 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
59 Renwick Avenue 13.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
60 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
61 Preisker Park 9.7 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
62 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
63 Barka Slough 5.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
64 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
65 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
66 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
67 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
68 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
69 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
70 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
71 Halcyon 19.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
76 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Lompoc Water Treatment Plant 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Oceano County Park 20.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
80 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
81 Colson Canyon 16.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
82 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
83 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
84 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
85 Beattie Park 14.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
86 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
87 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
88 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Shell Beach 24.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
93 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
94 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
97 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
98 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
99 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.