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Where to find Turkey Vulture in August
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 August. 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 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
2 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 26 33 78.8% 62.2%
4 Waller Park 4.2 41 55 74.5% 61.7%
5 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
6 Miguelito County Park 17.4 24 33 72.7% 55.8%
7 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
8 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
9 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 123 234 52.6% 46.2%
10 Colson Canyon 16.4 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
11 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Jalama Road 23.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 A St. ponds 5.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
14 Huasna Road 19.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
15 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
16 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
17 Barka Slough 5.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
18 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 155 347 44.7% 39.5%
19 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 37 73 50.7% 39.5%
20 Biddle County Park 23.3 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
21 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 83 182 45.6% 38.5%
22 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
23 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 35 79 44.3% 33.9%
30 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 27 60 45.0% 33.1%
31 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
32 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
33 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
34 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
35 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 35 89 39.3% 29.8%
36 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
37 Pismo Preserve 24.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
38 Preisker Park 9.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
39 Pioneer Park 2.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
40 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
41 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
42 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 28 94 29.8% 21.5%
43 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
44 Beattie Park 14.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Town Center 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Strother Park 20.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Andrew Murray Vineyards 20.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
59 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
60 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
61 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
62 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
63 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
64 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
65 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
66 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
67 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 23 105 21.9% 15.1%
68 Halcyon 19.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
69 Oceano County Park 20.4 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
70 Shell Beach 24.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
71 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
72 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
73 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
74 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
75 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
76 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
77 Surf Beach 13.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
78 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Vandenberg Village--North 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
84 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
85 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
86 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
87 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
89 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
91 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
92 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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