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Where to find Western Gull 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 Western Gull 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.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 104 146 71.2% 63.4%
3 Town Center 21.1 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
4 Oceano County Park 20.4 52 71 73.2% 61.9%
5 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 58 95 61.1% 51.0%
7 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 31 48 64.6% 50.4%
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 31 50 62.0% 48.2%
9 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 20 32 62.5% 45.3%
10 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
11 Surf Beach 13.9 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
12 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
13 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
14 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 88 209 42.1% 35.6%
15 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
16 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
18 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
19 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
20 Shell Beach 24.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
21 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
22 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Pismo Preserve 24.2 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
24 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
25 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
26 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
27 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 23 102 22.5% 15.5%
28 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 52 356 14.6% 11.3%
30 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
31 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
33 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
34 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
35 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
36 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
37 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
38 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
39 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
40 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
41 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
42 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
43 Waller Park 4.2 2 131 1.5% 0.4%