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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in March
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 Red-tailed Hawk in March. 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 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
2 Barka Slough 5.3 20 24 83.3% 64.1%
3 Jalama Road 23.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
4 Pioneer Park 2.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
5 Colson Canyon 16.4 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
6 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
7 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
8 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
9 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
10 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
11 Huasna Road 19.5 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
12 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
14 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
15 Lopez Lake 23.9 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
16 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
17 Biddle County Park 23.3 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
18 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
19 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
20 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
21 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
22 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
23 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
25 Waller Park 4.2 39 98 39.8% 30.7%
26 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
27 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
28 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
29 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
30 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
31 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
32 A St. ponds 5.9 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
33 Los Alamos Park 12.6 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
34 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 62 191 32.5% 26.2%
35 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
36 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
37 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
38 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
39 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
40 Black Road pasture 6.3 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
41 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
42 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
43 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 22 67 32.8% 22.8%
44 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
45 Surf Beach 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Santa Ynez River Valley 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Beattie Park 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
58 Miguelito County Park 17.4 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
59 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
60 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
61 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
62 Birabent Canyon 23.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
63 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
64 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
65 Maramonte Park 4.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
67 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
68 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
69 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Santa Maria Bottoms 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 Halcyon 19.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
76 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 20 149 13.4% 8.9%
77 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
78 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
79 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
80 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
81 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
82 Strother Park 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
83 James Way Park 21.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
84 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
85 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
86 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
87 Town Center 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
89 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
90 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
91 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
92 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
93 Preisker Park 9.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
94 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
95 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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