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Where to find California Towhee 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 California Towhee 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 Colson Canyon 16.4 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 135 182 74.2% 67.4%
3 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
4 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
5 Pismo Preserve 24.2 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
6 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
7 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
8 Jalama Road 23.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
9 Huasna Road 19.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
10 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
11 Barka Slough 5.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
12 Miguelito County Park 17.4 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
13 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
14 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
15 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
17 Halcyon 19.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
18 Lopez Lake 23.9 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
19 Waller Park 4.2 22 55 40.0% 28.1%
20 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
21 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 24 73 32.9% 23.2%
22 Pioneer Park 2.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
23 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
24 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Strother Park 20.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Long Canyon Road (including pond) 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Biddle County Park 23.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
34 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
35 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
36 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
37 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
39 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 45 347 13.0% 9.8%
40 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
41 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Vandenberg Village--North 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
46 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
47 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
48 Beattie Park 14.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
50 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
51 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 16 234 6.8% 4.3%
52 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 7 94 7.4% 3.7%
53 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 La Tinta Hill 18.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
57 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 79 7.6% 3.5%
58 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
60 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
61 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
62 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
63 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
64 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
65 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
66 Oceano County Park 20.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
67 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
68 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
69 A St. ponds 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
70 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
71 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
72 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
73 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 105 1.9% 0.5%