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Where to find Heermann's Gull 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 Heermann's Gull 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 Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 53 65 81.5% 70.4%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 65 81 80.2% 70.3%
3 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
4 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
6 Shell Beach 24.8 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
7 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 36 70 51.4% 40.0%
8 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
9 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
10 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 99 277 35.7% 30.3%
11 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 28 72 38.9% 28.5%
12 Surf Beach 13.9 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
13 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 16 46 34.8% 22.7%
14 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
15 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Mussel Rock 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
19 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
20 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
22 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
23 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 22 329 6.7% 4.5%
25 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
27 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 16 641 2.5% 1.5%
28 Oceano County Park 20.4 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
29 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%