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Where to find Western Gull 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 Western Gull 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 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 193 234 82.5% 77.1%
2 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 76 89 85.4% 76.6%
3 Oceano County Park 20.4 37 44 84.1% 70.6%
4 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 81 105 77.1% 68.2%
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 72 94 76.6% 67.1%
7 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 59 79 74.7% 64.1%
8 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
9 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
10 Surf Beach 13.9 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
11 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
12 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
13 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
14 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
15 Shell Beach 24.8 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
16 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
19 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 77 182 42.3% 35.4%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
22 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
24 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
25 Town Center 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Vandenberg SFB--Trestle Beach (restricted access) 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Pismo Preserve 24.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
29 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
30 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 38 347 11.0% 8.1%
31 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
32 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
33 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
34 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
35 Waller Park 4.2 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
36 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 60 1.7% 0.3%