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Where to find Western Gull in September
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 September. 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 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 55 65 84.6% 73.9%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 64 81 79.0% 68.9%
3 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
4 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 196 277 70.8% 65.1%
5 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 29 38 76.3% 60.8%
6 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
7 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 45 70 64.3% 52.6%
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
9 Surf Beach 13.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
10 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 321 641 50.1% 46.2%
11 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
13 Shell Beach 24.8 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
14 Oceano County Park 20.4 31 55 56.4% 43.3%
15 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 37 72 51.4% 40.1%
16 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
17 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
18 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
21 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
22 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
24 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Mussel Rock 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
27 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
28 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
29 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
30 Town Center 21.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 40 329 12.2% 9.1%
33 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
34 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
35 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
36 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
37 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 6 91 6.6% 3.1%
38 Jalama Road 23.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
39 Waller Park 4.2 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
40 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
41 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
42 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%