Bird Finder

Where to find California Quail 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 California Quail 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 Colson Canyon 16.4 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
2 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
3 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
4 Barka Slough 5.3 54 88 61.4% 50.9%
5 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
6 Pismo Preserve 24.2 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 24 42 57.1% 42.2%
8 Biddle County Park 23.3 21 38 55.3% 39.7%
9 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
10 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
11 Halcyon 19.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
12 Birabent Canyon 23.7 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
13 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
14 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
15 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
16 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
17 Huasna Road 19.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
18 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
19 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
20 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
21 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
22 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Jalama Road 23.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
28 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
29 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
30 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
31 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
32 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
33 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
34 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
35 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
36 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
37 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
39 Miguelito County Park 17.4 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
40 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
41 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 19 154 12.3% 8.0%
46 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Strother Park 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
48 Los Alamos Park 12.6 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
49 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
50 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 7 82 8.5% 4.2%
51 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
52 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
53 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
55 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 14 315 4.4% 2.7%
56 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
57 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
58 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
59 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
60 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
61 Shell Beach 24.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
62 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
63 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
64 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%