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Where to find California Scrub-Jay in January
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 California Scrub-Jay in January. 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 Los Alamos Park 12.6 37 40 92.5% 80.1%
2 Pismo Preserve 24.2 19 22 86.4% 66.7%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 51 68 75.0% 63.6%
4 Pioneer Park 2.7 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
5 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 28 36 77.8% 61.9%
6 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 25 32 78.1% 61.2%
7 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
8 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 25 34 73.5% 56.9%
9 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
10 Huasna Road 19.5 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
11 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 126 209 60.3% 53.5%
12 Colson Canyon 16.4 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
13 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
14 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
15 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
16 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
17 Miguelito County Park 17.4 21 33 63.6% 46.6%
18 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
19 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
20 Waller Park 4.2 65 131 49.6% 41.2%
21 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
22 Barka Slough 5.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
23 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
24 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
25 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
26 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Jalama Road 23.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Beattie Park 14.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
31 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
32 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
33 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
34 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
35 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
36 Biddle County Park 23.3 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
37 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
38 Preisker Park 9.7 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
39 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
40 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 20 56 35.7% 24.5%
41 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
42 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
43 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 31 102 30.4% 22.3%
44 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
48 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
56 Maramonte Park 4.7 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
57 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
58 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
59 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
60 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
61 Oceano County Park 20.4 13 71 18.3% 11.0%
62 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
63 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
69 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 27 356 7.6% 5.3%
74 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Vandenberg Village--North 9.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 7 95 7.4% 3.6%
78 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
79 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
80 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
81 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
82 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
83 A St. ponds 5.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
84 Shell Beach 24.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
85 Surf Beach 13.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
86 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
87 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
88 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
89 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
90 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
91 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 2 146 1.4% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.