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Where to find Barn Swallow 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 Barn Swallow 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 207 329 62.9% 57.6%
2 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
3 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
4 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 75 277 27.1% 22.2%
5 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
6 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
8 Leege Ave--Ocean Ave to Central Ave 13.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
9 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 24 91 26.4% 18.4%
10 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 18 70 25.7% 16.9%
11 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
12 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
13 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
14 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
15 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 89 641 13.9% 11.4%
16 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 11 65 16.9% 9.7%
17 Renwick Avenue 13.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
18 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
19 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
20 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
21 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
22 Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access) 12.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
23 Lopez Lake 23.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
24 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
25 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
26 stakeout Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Arroyo Grande (2014) 23.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
27 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
28 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 9 81 11.1% 6.0%
29 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
30 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
31 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
32 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
33 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
34 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
35 Jalama Road 23.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
36 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
37 Preisker Park 9.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
38 Oceano County Park 20.4 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
39 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
40 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
41 A St. ponds 5.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
42 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
43 Surf Beach 13.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
44 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
45 Waller Park 4.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
46 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
47 Miguelito County Park 17.4 1 67 1.5% 0.3%