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Where to find Turkey Vulture in April
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 April. 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 Preserve 24.2 27 30 90.0% 74.4%
2 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 33 42 78.6% 64.1%
4 Barka Slough 5.3 65 88 73.9% 63.8%
5 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
6 Colson Canyon 16.4 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
7 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
8 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
9 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
11 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
12 Biddle County Park 23.3 23 38 60.5% 44.7%
13 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
14 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
15 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
16 Miguelito County Park 17.4 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
17 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
18 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 40 82 48.8% 38.3%
19 Waller Park 4.2 17 31 54.8% 37.8%
20 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
21 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
22 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
23 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
24 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
25 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
26 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
27 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Halcyon 19.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 60 154 39.0% 31.6%
34 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 111 315 35.2% 30.2%
35 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Los Alamos Park 12.6 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
37 Jalama Road 23.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
38 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
39 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
40 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
41 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
42 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
43 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
44 Birabent Canyon 23.7 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
45 Huasna Road 19.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
46 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
47 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
48 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
49 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
50 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
51 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
52 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
53 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
54 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
64 Black Road pasture 6.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
65 A St. ponds 5.9 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
66 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
67 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
68 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
69 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
70 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
71 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
72 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
74 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
75 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
76 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
77 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
78 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
79 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Oceano County Park 20.4 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
81 Preisker Park 9.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
82 Shell Beach 24.8 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
83 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
84 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
85 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
86 Strother Park 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
87 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 Surf Beach 13.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
89 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
92 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
93 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
94 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
95 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
96 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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