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Where to find California Towhee in July
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 July. 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 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
2 Colson Canyon 16.4 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
3 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 59 85 69.4% 59.0%
5 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
6 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Barka Slough 5.3 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
8 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Jalama Road 23.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
11 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
12 Pioneer Park 2.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
14 Birabent Canyon 23.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
15 Huasna Road 19.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
16 Strother Park 20.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
17 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
18 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
19 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
20 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
21 Miguelito County Park 17.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
22 Waller Park 4.2 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
23 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Cat Canyon Road 11.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Lopez Lake 23.9 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
27 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
28 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
29 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
30 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
31 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
32 Riverbend Park 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
33 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
34 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
35 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
36 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
37 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
38 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Renwick Avenue 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Upper Los Berros Road 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course 14.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Vandenberg Village--Oak Hill Dr 8.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
51 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
52 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
53 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
54 Oceano County Park 20.4 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
55 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
56 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
57 Biddle County Park 23.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
58 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
59 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
60 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
61 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
62 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
63 Santa Ynez River Valley 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 32 251 12.7% 9.2%
70 A St. ponds 5.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
71 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
72 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Vandenberg SFB--Wall Beach (restricted access) 12.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 7 59 11.9% 5.9%
75 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
76 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
78 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 14 240 5.8% 3.5%
79 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
80 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
81 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
82 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
83 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
84 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
85 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
86 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
87 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 1 72 1.4% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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