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Where to find California Scrub-Jay in September
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 September. 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 60 67 89.6% 80.0%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 521 641 81.3% 78.1%
3 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
4 Lopez Lake 23.9 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
5 Huasna Road 19.5 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
6 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
7 Colson Canyon 16.4 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
8 Waller Park 4.2 42 61 68.9% 56.4%
9 Los Alamos Park 12.6 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
10 Barka Slough 5.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
11 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
12 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
13 Biddle County Park 23.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
14 Point Sal Trail 10.6 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
15 Pioneer Park 2.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
16 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
23 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
24 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
25 Pismo Preserve 24.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
26 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
27 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
28 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 147 329 44.7% 39.4%
29 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
30 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
31 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
32 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
33 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr 8.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
36 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 Autumn Woods (private community park) 2.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
38 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
39 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
40 Jalama Road 23.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
41 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 17 38 44.7% 30.1%
42 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
43 Preisker Park 9.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
44 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 24 70 34.3% 24.2%
45 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
46 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
47 stakeout Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Arroyo Grande (2014) 23.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
48 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
49 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
50 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
51 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
52 Santa Ynez River Valley 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Birabent Canyon 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 26 91 28.6% 20.3%
60 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
61 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
62 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
63 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
64 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
65 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
66 Oceano County Park 20.4 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
67 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
68 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Maramonte Park 4.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
75 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
76 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 21 277 7.6% 5.0%
77 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
80 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
82 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
83 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
84 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 4 81 4.9% 1.9%
85 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
86 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
87 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
88 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
89 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
90 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
91 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 43 2.3% 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.