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Where to find Caspian Tern 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 Caspian Tern 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 Lopez Lake 23.9 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 35 81 43.2% 33.0%
4 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 25 70 35.7% 25.5%
5 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 82 277 29.6% 24.5%
6 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 18 72 25.0% 16.4%
8 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 64 329 19.5% 15.5%
9 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
10 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 68 641 10.6% 8.5%
11 Surf Beach 13.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
12 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
13 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
14 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
15 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
16 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
17 Oceano County Park 20.4 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
18 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
19 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
20 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%