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Where to find California Scrub-Jay 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 California Scrub-Jay 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 Huasna Road 19.5 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
2 Pismo Preserve 24.2 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 23 25 92.0% 75.0%
4 Miguelito County Park 17.4 42 50 84.0% 71.5%
5 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 462 625 73.9% 70.3%
6 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
7 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 20 24 83.3% 64.1%
8 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
9 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
10 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
11 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
12 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
13 Jalama Road 23.0 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
14 Birabent Canyon 23.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
15 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
16 Waller Park 4.2 39 62 62.9% 50.5%
17 Barka Slough 5.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
18 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
19 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
20 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
21 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
22 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
23 Biddle County Park 23.3 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
24 Colson Canyon 16.4 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
25 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
26 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
27 Pioneer Park 2.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Palmer Rd 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Preisker Park 9.7 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
32 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
33 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
34 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
35 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
39 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
40 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
41 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
42 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 22 64 34.4% 23.9%
43 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
44 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
45 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
46 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
47 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
48 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
55 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 82 332 24.7% 20.4%
56 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
57 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 19 65 29.2% 19.6%
58 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
59 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
60 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
61 Allan Hancock College 7.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
62 Halcyon 19.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Strother Park 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Lompoc Water Treatment Plant 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 Maramonte Park 4.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Oceano County Park 20.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
73 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
74 Ira Lease Park 22.7 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
75 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
76 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
78 Beattie Park 14.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
79 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
81 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
82 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
83 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
85 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 11 213 5.2% 2.9%
86 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
87 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
88 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
89 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
90 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
91 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
92 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
93 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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