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Where to find American White Pelican in October
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 American White Pelican in October. 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 Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 155 332 46.7% 41.4%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 22 57 38.6% 27.1%
4 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 Lopez Lake 23.9 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
6 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 11 65 16.9% 9.7%
7 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
8 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 24 625 3.8% 2.6%
9 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
10 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
11 A St. ponds 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
12 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
13 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
14 Preisker Park 9.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
15 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
16 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
17 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
18 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
19 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
20 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 1 213 0.5% 0.1%