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Where to find Purple Finch in September
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 September. 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	138	641	21.5%	18.5%
2			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
3			Colson Canyon	16.4	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
4			VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access)	9.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
5			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
6			Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access)	12.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
7			Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle	20.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
8			Miguelito County Park	17.4	6	67	9.0%	4.2%
9			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
10			Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
11			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
12			Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
13			Biddle County Park	23.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
14			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	4	70	5.7%	2.2%
15			Barka Slough	5.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
16			La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	11.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
17			San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road	18.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
18			Surf Beach	13.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
19			Lopez Lake	23.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
20			Los Alamos Park	12.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
21			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	4	277	1.4%	0.6%
22			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	3	329	0.9%	0.3%