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Where to find Purple Finch in January
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 Purple Finch in January. 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			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
2			Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
3			Miguelito County Park	17.4	6	33	18.2%	8.6%
4			Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle	22.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
5			Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
6			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
7			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
8			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	16	209	7.7%	4.8%
9			Lopez Lake	23.9	5	68	7.4%	3.2%
10			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
11			San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
12			Pismo Preserve	24.2	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
13			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
14			Colson Canyon	16.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
15			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
16			Orcutt Community Park	2.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
17			Barka Slough	5.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
18			Los Alamos Park	12.6	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
19			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
20			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	3	102	2.9%	1.0%
21			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
22			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
23			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
24			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	5	356	1.4%	0.6%
25			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
26			Waller Park	4.2	2	131	1.5%	0.4%
27			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
28			Oceano County Park	20.4	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
29			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	1	95	1.1%	0.2%