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Where to find California Towhee 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 California Towhee 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 Pismo Preserve 24.2 26 27 96.3% 81.7%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 164 210 78.1% 72.0%
3 Colson Canyon 16.4 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
4 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
5 Barka Slough 5.3 55 76 72.4% 61.4%
6 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
7 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
8 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
9 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
10 Jalama Road 23.0 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
11 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
12 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
13 Huasna Road 19.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
14 Miguelito County Park 17.4 27 46 58.7% 44.3%
15 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
16 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
18 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
19 Lopez Lake 23.9 24 43 55.8% 41.1%
20 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
21 Pioneer Park 2.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
22 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 Palmer Rd 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 James Way Park 21.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
28 Riverbend Park 12.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
29 Biddle County Park 23.3 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
30 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
31 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
32 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
33 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
34 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
35 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
36 Strother Park 20.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
37 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
38 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
39 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
42 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
43 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
44 Birabent Canyon 23.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
45 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
46 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
47 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 97 514 18.9% 15.7%
48 Waller Park 4.2 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
49 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
50 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
51 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
52 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
53 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
54 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
59 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
60 Halcyon 19.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Oceano County Park 20.4 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
66 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
67 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
68 A St. ponds 5.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
69 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
70 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
74 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
76 Preisker Park 9.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
77 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
78 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
79 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
80 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
81 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
82 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
83 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
84 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
85 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%