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Where to find Black-headed Grosbeak 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 Black-headed Grosbeak 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 Colson Canyon 16.4 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
2 Barka Slough 5.3 61 76 80.3% 70.0%
3 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
4 Miguelito County Park 17.4 36 46 78.3% 64.4%
5 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
6 Huasna Road 19.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
7 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
8 Biddle County Park 23.3 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
9 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
10 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Strother Park 20.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
12 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
13 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 87 210 41.4% 35.0%
14 James Way Park 21.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Jalama Road 23.0 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
16 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
17 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
18 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
19 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
21 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Preisker Park 9.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
23 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
24 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
25 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
26 Lopez Lake 23.9 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
27 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
28 Los Alamos Park 12.6 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
29 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
30 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
32 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
33 Waller Park 4.2 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
34 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 46 514 8.9% 6.8%
35 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
36 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
37 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
38 Pismo Preserve 24.2 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
39 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
41 Birabent Canyon 23.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
42 Oceano County Park 20.4 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
43 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
44 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
45 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
46 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
47 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
48 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
49 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
50 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
51 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
52 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
53 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
54 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
55 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 1 111 0.9% 0.2%