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Where to find California Scrub-Jay in December
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 December. 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 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 16 16 100.0% 80.6%
2 Pioneer Park 2.7 38 43 88.4% 75.5%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
4 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
5 Los Alamos Park 12.6 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
6 Miguelito County Park 17.4 43 58 74.1% 61.6%
7 Colson Canyon 16.4 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
8 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
9 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
10 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
11 Lopez Lake 23.9 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
12 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
13 Huasna Road 19.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
14 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
15 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
16 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
17 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
18 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
19 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
20 Barka Slough 5.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Waller Park 4.2 78 152 51.3% 43.4%
23 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 42 79 53.2% 42.3%
24 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
25 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
26 Birabent Canyon 23.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
27 Pismo Preserve 24.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
28 Jalama Road 23.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
31 Preisker Park 9.7 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
32 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
33 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
34 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
35 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 Point Sal Trail 10.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
39 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 26 65 40.0% 29.0%
40 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
41 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
42 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
43 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
44 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
45 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Halcyon 19.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Beattie Park 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Andrew Murray Vineyards 20.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 16 55 29.1% 18.8%
54 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
55 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
56 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
57 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
58 Biddle County Park 23.3 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
59 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
60 Maramonte Park 4.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
61 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
62 Allan Hancock College 7.2 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
63 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Strother Park 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
71 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
73 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
74 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
75 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 9 111 8.1% 4.3%
76 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 12 170 7.1% 4.1%
77 Oceano County Park 20.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
78 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
79 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
80 Surf Beach 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
81 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
82 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
83 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
84 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
85 Town Center 21.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
86 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
87 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
88 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
89 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
90 A St. ponds 5.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
91 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 66 1.5% 0.3%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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