Bird Finder

Where to find California Quail in September
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 September. 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 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
2 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Huasna Road 19.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
5 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
6 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
8 Barka Slough 5.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
9 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
10 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
11 Point Sal Trail 10.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
12 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
13 Jalama Road 23.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
14 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
15 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
16 Miguelito County Park 17.4 18 67 26.9% 17.7%
17 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
18 Pismo Preserve 24.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
19 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
21 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
22 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
23 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
27 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 39 329 11.9% 8.8%
28 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 59 641 9.2% 7.2%
29 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
30 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
33 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
34 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
35 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
37 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
38 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 17 277 6.1% 3.9%
39 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
40 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
41 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
42 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
43 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
44 Shell Beach 24.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
45 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
46 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
47 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
48 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
49 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
50 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 91 1.1% 0.2%