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Where to find Mourning Dove in April
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 Mourning Dove in April. 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 Biddle County Park 23.3 32 38 84.2% 69.6%
2 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
3 Pismo Preserve 24.2 23 30 76.7% 59.1%
4 Colson Canyon 16.4 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
5 Barka Slough 5.3 60 88 68.2% 57.9%
6 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
7 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
8 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 173 315 54.9% 49.4%
9 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
10 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
11 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
12 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
13 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
14 Halcyon 19.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 Waller Park 4.2 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
18 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
19 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
20 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
21 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 55 154 35.7% 28.6%
22 Lopez Lake 23.9 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
23 Huasna Road 19.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
24 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
25 Miguelito County Park 17.4 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
26 Pioneer Park 2.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
28 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
36 Birabent Canyon 23.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
37 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
38 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
39 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
40 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
41 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
42 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
43 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
44 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
45 Jalama Road 23.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
46 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
47 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
48 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
49 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
50 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
51 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
52 Los Alamos Park 12.6 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
53 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
55 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
56 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Strother Park 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
58 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
59 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
61 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
62 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
63 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
65 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
66 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
67 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
68 Oceano County Park 20.4 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
69 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
70 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
71 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
72 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
73 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
74 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
75 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
76 A St. ponds 5.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
77 Preisker Park 9.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
78 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
79 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
80 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
81 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
82 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
83 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
84 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
85 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
86 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
87 Shell Beach 24.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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