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Where to find Purple Finch in February
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 February. 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 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
2 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 38 120 31.7% 24.0%
4 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
6 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
7 Miguelito County Park 17.4 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
8 Barka Slough 5.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
9 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
10 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
11 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
12 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
13 Huasna Road 19.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
14 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
15 Waller Park 4.2 8 164 4.9% 2.5%
16 Colson Canyon 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
17 Los Alamos Park 12.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
18 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
19 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 6 244 2.5% 1.1%
20 Oceano County Park 20.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
21 Biddle County Park 23.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
22 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
23 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
24 Lopez Lake 23.9 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
25 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 51 2.0% 0.3%