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Where to find Elegant Tern in October
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 Elegant Tern in October. 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 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 19 57 33.3% 22.5%
2 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
4 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 43 213 20.2% 15.3%
5 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 14 71 19.7% 12.1%
6 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
7 Shell Beach 24.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
8 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
9 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
10 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
11 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
12 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
13 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
14 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 3 625 0.5% 0.2%
15 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 1 332 0.3% 0.1%