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Where to find Barn Swallow in August
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 Barn Swallow in August. 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 297 347 85.6% 81.5%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 161 234 68.8% 62.6%
3 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
4 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 21 31 67.7% 50.1%
5 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
6 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 42 73 57.5% 46.1%
7 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 35 60 58.3% 45.7%
8 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
9 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
10 A St. ponds 5.9 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
11 Riverbend Park 12.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
12 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
13 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
14 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
15 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
16 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 28 79 35.4% 25.8%
17 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
18 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 30 89 33.7% 24.7%
19 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 34 105 32.4% 24.2%
20 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
21 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
22 Town Center 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
26 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
27 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 40 182 22.0% 16.6%
28 Oceano County Park 20.4 10 44 22.7% 12.8%
29 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
30 Preisker Park 9.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
31 Barka Slough 5.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
32 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
33 Huasna Road 19.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
34 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
36 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
37 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
38 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 11 94 11.7% 6.7%
39 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Waller Park 4.2 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
42 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
43 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
44 Lopez Lake 23.9 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
45 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
46 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
48 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
49 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
50 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
51 Surf Beach 13.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
52 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%