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Where to find Western Grebe 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 Western Grebe 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 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 96 143 67.1% 59.1%
2 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 43 66 65.2% 53.1%
4 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 67 170 39.4% 32.4%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 34 111 30.6% 22.8%
7 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Minuteman Beach 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
9 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
10 Lopez Lake 23.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
11 Surf Beach 13.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
12 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
13 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
14 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
15 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
16 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
17 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 5 65 7.7% 3.3%
18 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
19 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 4 79 5.1% 2.0%
20 Shell Beach 24.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
21 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
22 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
23 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
24 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
25 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
26 A St. ponds 5.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%