Bird Finder

Where to find California Quail in December
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 December. 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 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
2 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
3 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
4 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
5 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
6 Lopez Lake 23.9 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
7 Huasna Road 19.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
8 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Colson Canyon 16.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
11 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
12 Miguelito County Park 17.4 15 58 25.9% 16.3%
13 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
14 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
15 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
16 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
17 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
18 Los Alamos Park 12.6 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
19 Pismo Preserve 24.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
20 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
21 Jalama Road 23.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
22 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
25 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
26 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
27 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
28 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 Barka Slough 5.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
30 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
33 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
34 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
35 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Biddle County Park 23.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
37 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
38 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
39 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
40 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
41 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 8 170 4.7% 2.4%
42 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
43 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 4 79 5.1% 2.0%
44 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
45 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
46 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
47 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
48 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
49 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
50 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
51 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%