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Where to find California Quail 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 California Quail 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 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
2 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
3 Barka Slough 5.3 53 76 69.7% 58.7%
4 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
5 Lopez Lake 23.9 29 43 67.4% 52.5%
6 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
7 Jalama Road 23.0 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
8 Pismo Preserve 24.2 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
9 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
10 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
13 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
14 Biddle County Park 23.3 24 42 57.1% 42.2%
15 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
16 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
17 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
18 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
19 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
20 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
21 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
22 Miguelito County Park 17.4 19 46 41.3% 28.3%
23 Huasna Road 19.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
24 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
25 Birabent Canyon 23.7 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
26 Halcyon 19.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
31 Strother Park 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
32 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 31 210 14.8% 10.6%
33 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
34 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 James Way Park 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 57 514 11.1% 8.7%
42 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
43 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
44 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
45 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
48 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
53 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
54 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
55 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
56 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
57 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
59 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
60 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
61 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
62 Los Alamos Park 12.6 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
63 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
65 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
66 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
67 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
68 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
69 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
70 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%