Bird Finder

Where to find California Quail in October
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 Quail in October. 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 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
2 Lopez Lake 23.9 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
3 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
4 Barka Slough 5.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
5 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
6 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
7 Colson Canyon 16.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
8 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
9 Huasna Road 19.5 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
10 Pismo Preserve 24.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
11 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
12 Jalama Road 23.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
13 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
17 Birabent Canyon 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
18 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
19 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
21 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 54 332 16.3% 12.7%
22 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
23 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
24 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
25 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Strother Park 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
29 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
30 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
31 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
32 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
33 Los Alamos Park 12.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
34 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
35 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Miguelito County Park 17.4 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
37 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 33 625 5.3% 3.8%
38 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
39 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
40 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
41 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
42 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
43 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
44 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
45 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
46 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
47 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
48 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 3 213 1.4% 0.5%
49 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
50 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 57 1.8% 0.3%