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Where to find California Scrub-Jay 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 California Scrub-Jay 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 Miguelito County Park 17.4 44 46 95.7% 85.5%
2 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 16 16 100.0% 80.6%
3 Colson Canyon 16.4 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
4 Pismo Preserve 24.2 24 27 88.9% 71.9%
5 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
6 Barka Slough 5.3 56 76 73.7% 62.8%
7 Jalama Road 23.0 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
8 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
9 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
10 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 140 210 66.7% 60.0%
11 Los Alamos Park 12.6 26 34 76.5% 60.0%
12 Lopez Lake 23.9 32 43 74.4% 59.8%
13 Birabent Canyon 23.7 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
14 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
15 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
16 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
17 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
18 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
19 Huasna Road 19.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
20 Biddle County Park 23.3 25 42 59.5% 44.5%
21 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
23 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
24 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
25 Waller Park 4.2 19 32 59.4% 42.3%
26 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
27 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
28 Pioneer Park 2.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
29 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
30 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
31 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 198 514 38.5% 34.4%
32 Palmer Rd 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
36 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
37 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
38 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
39 Strother Park 20.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
40 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
41 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
42 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
43 Halcyon 19.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
44 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
51 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
52 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
53 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
54 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
55 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
56 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
57 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 James Way Park 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
65 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
66 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
73 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
74 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 11 111 9.9% 5.6%
75 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
78 Oceano County Park 20.4 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
79 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
80 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Preisker Park 9.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
82 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
83 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
84 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
85 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 3 79 3.8% 1.3%
86 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
87 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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