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Where to find Elegant Tern 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 Elegant Tern 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 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 39 105 37.1% 28.5%
2 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 29 79 36.7% 26.9%
3 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 74 234 31.6% 26.0%
4 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 30 89 33.7% 24.7%
5 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
6 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 20 94 21.3% 14.2%
8 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
9 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
10 Surf Beach 13.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
11 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
12 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
13 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
14 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
15 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 3 347 0.9% 0.3%
16 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 1 182 0.5% 0.1%