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Where to find Mourning Dove 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 Mourning Dove 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 Colson Canyon 16.4 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
2 Biddle County Park 23.3 36 42 85.7% 72.2%
3 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
4 Barka Slough 5.3 61 76 80.3% 70.0%
5 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 356 514 69.3% 65.1%
6 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
7 Pismo Preserve 24.2 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
8 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
9 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
10 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
11 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
12 Huasna Road 19.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
13 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
14 Jalama Road 23.0 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
15 Lopez Lake 23.9 24 43 55.8% 41.1%
16 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 92 210 43.8% 37.3%
17 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
18 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
19 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
20 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Miguelito County Park 17.4 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
22 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
23 Strother Park 20.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
24 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
25 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
26 Birabent Canyon 23.7 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
27 Waller Park 4.2 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
28 Pioneer Park 2.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
29 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
30 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
31 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
32 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
33 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
34 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
35 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
36 Los Alamos Park 12.6 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
37 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
38 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
39 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
40 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
42 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
44 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
45 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
46 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
47 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
48 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
49 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
50 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
51 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
52 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
53 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 17 111 15.3% 9.8%
54 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
55 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
56 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
57 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
58 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 James Way Park 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
66 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
67 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Halcyon 19.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
75 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
76 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
79 Preisker Park 9.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
80 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
81 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
82 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
83 Shell Beach 24.8 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
84 A St. ponds 5.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
85 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
86 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
87 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
88 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
89 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
90 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 46 2.2% 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.