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Where to find Purple Finch 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 Purple Finch 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			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
2			Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area	21.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
3			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
4			Miguelito County Park	17.4	15	58	25.9%	16.3%
5			Colson Canyon	16.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
6			Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access)	17.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
7			Lopez Lake	23.9	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
8			Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
9			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
10			La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
11			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	6	79	7.6%	3.5%
12			Orcutt Community Park	2.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
13			Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails	3.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
14			Huasna Road	19.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
15			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
16			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	3	55	5.5%	1.9%
17			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
18			Waller Park	4.2	5	152	3.3%	1.4%
19			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
20			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
21			Biddle County Park	23.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
22			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
23			Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
24			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
25			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	3	143	2.1%	0.7%
26			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	2	111	1.8%	0.5%
27			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	1	170	0.6%	0.1%