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Where to find Western Gull in May
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 May. 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 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 37 46 80.4% 66.8%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
3 Shell Beach 24.8 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
4 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 26 35 74.3% 57.9%
5 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 52 79 65.8% 54.8%
7 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 37 57 64.9% 51.9%
8 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 60 111 54.1% 44.8%
11 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
12 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
13 Oceano County Park 20.4 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
14 Surf Beach 13.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
15 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
16 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
17 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
18 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 63 210 30.0% 24.2%
19 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
21 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
22 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
23 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
24 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
27 Town Center 21.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
28 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
29 Pismo Preserve 24.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
30 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 25 514 4.9% 3.3%
31 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
32 Waller Park 4.2 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
33 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
34 Miguelito County Park 17.4 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
35 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
36 Jalama Road 23.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%