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Where to find Purple Finch in March
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 March. 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 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 65 149 43.6% 35.9%
2 Colson Canyon 16.4 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
3 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
4 Miguelito County Park 17.4 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
5 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
6 Biddle County Park 23.3 20 47 42.6% 29.5%
7 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
8 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
9 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
10 Santa Ynez River Valley 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
17 Barka Slough 5.3 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
18 Los Alamos Park 12.6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
19 Lopez Lake 23.9 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
20 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
21 Waller Park 4.2 13 98 13.3% 7.9%
22 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
23 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
24 James Way Park 21.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
25 Pismo Preserve 24.2 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
26 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
27 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
28 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
29 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
30 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
31 Huasna Road 19.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
32 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
33 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
34 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
35 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
36 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
37 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
38 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
39 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 4 191 2.1% 0.8%
40 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
41 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 1 67 1.5% 0.3%