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Where to find Purple Finch in October
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 October. 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			Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
2			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	125	625	20.0%	17.1%
3			VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access)	8.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
4			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
5			Miguelito County Park	17.4	11	50	22.0%	12.8%
6			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
7			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
8			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
9			Barka Slough	5.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
10			lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.)	22.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
11			Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
12			La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
13			Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
14			Waller Park	4.2	4	62	6.5%	2.5%
15			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
16			Los Flores Ranch Open Space	7.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
17			Colson Canyon	16.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
18			Lopez Lake	23.9	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
19			Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
20			Jalama Road	23.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
21			Los Alamos Park	12.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
22			Huasna Road	19.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
23			Biddle County Park	23.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
24			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	7	332	2.1%	1.0%
25			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
26			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
27			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
28			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	3	213	1.4%	0.5%
29			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
30			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	1	47	2.1%	0.4%