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Where to find Merlin 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 Merlin 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			Midland School (restricted access)	22.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
2			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	30	332	9.0%	6.4%
3			Renwick Avenue	13.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
4			Pismo Preserve	24.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
5			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	13	213	6.1%	3.6%
6			Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
7			Black Road pasture	6.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
8			Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
9			Colson Canyon	16.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
10			Lopez Lake	23.9	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
11			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
12			Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
13			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
14			Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access)	12.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
15			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
16			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
17			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
18			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	7	625	1.1%	0.5%
19			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
20			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
21			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
22			Waller Park	4.2	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
23			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	1	64	1.6%	0.3%