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Where to find European Starling in May
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 European Starling in May. 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 Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
2 Los Alamos Park 12.6 28 34 82.4% 66.5%
3 Biddle County Park 23.3 33 42 78.6% 64.1%
4 A St. ponds 5.9 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
5 Preisker Park 9.7 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
6 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
7 Riverbend Park 12.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
8 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
9 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
10 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
11 Lopez Lake 23.9 27 43 62.8% 47.9%
12 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
13 Huasna Road 19.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
14 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
15 Black Road pasture 6.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
16 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
17 Jalama Road 23.0 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
18 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
19 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
20 Strother Park 20.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
21 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
22 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
23 Waller Park 4.2 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
24 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
25 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
26 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
27 Pioneer Park 2.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
28 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
29 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
30 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Miguelito County Park 17.4 21 46 45.7% 32.2%
33 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
34 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
35 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Barka Slough 5.3 30 76 39.5% 29.2%
37 Colson Canyon 16.4 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
38 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
39 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
40 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
41 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
42 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
43 Oceano County Park 20.4 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
44 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
48 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
49 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 44 210 21.0% 16.0%
50 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
51 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
52 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
53 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 17 79 21.5% 13.9%
54 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
55 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
56 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
57 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 70 514 13.6% 10.9%
58 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 James Way Park 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
63 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
64 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
65 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
66 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
67 Halcyon 19.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
72 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
73 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
74 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
77 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
78 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
79 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
80 Shell Beach 24.8 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
81 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
82 Birabent Canyon 23.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
83 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
84 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
85 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.