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Where to find Heermann's Gull 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 Heermann's Gull 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 Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 75 89 84.3% 75.3%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 78 105 74.3% 65.2%
3 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 55 79 69.6% 58.8%
4 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
5 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
6 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 51 94 54.3% 44.2%
7 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
8 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
10 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
11 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 90 234 38.5% 32.5%
12 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
13 Shell Beach 24.8 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
14 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
15 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
16 Surf Beach 13.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
17 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
18 Vandenberg SFB--Trestle Beach (restricted access) 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
21 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
22 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 26 347 7.5% 5.2%
23 Oceano County Park 20.4 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
24 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 5 182 2.7% 1.2%
25 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%