Bird Finder

Where to find Merlin 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 Merlin 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.

• Click on a month in the bar chart to switch to that month.
• Click on a location to view its top birds.
• Click here to view a map on eBird.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
2			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	30	356	8.4%	6.0%
3			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
4			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
5			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
6			Waller Park	4.2	6	131	4.6%	2.1%
7			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
8			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
9			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
10			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
11			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	5	209	2.4%	1.0%
12			Preisker Park	9.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
13			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
14			Lopez Lake	23.9	2	68	2.9%	0.8%
15			Pismo Preserve	24.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
16			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
17			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	3	146	2.1%	0.7%
18			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
19			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
20			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	2	95	2.1%	0.6%
21			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	2	102	2.0%	0.5%