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Where to find Caspian Tern 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 Caspian Tern 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 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 50 111 45.0% 36.1%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 26 57 45.6% 33.4%
4 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 21 79 26.6% 18.1%
5 Lopez Lake 23.9 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
6 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 60 514 11.7% 9.2%
7 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
9 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
10 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
11 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
12 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
13 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
14 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
15 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
16 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%