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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in April
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 April. 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 25 30 83.3% 66.4%
2 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
3 Barka Slough 5.3 61 88 69.3% 59.0%
4 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
5 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
6 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
7 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
8 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
9 Biddle County Park 23.3 23 38 60.5% 44.7%
10 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
11 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
12 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
13 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
14 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
15 Lopez Lake 23.9 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
16 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
17 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
18 Vandenberg AFB--Waterfowl Natural Resources Area (restricted access) 12.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
19 Halcyon 19.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
20 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
22 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 Jalama Canyon Ranch (restricted access) 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
25 Colson Canyon 16.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
26 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
27 Waller Park 4.2 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
28 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
29 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
30 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 27 82 32.9% 23.7%
31 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
32 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
33 Huasna Road 19.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
34 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
35 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
36 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 87 315 27.6% 23.0%
37 A St. ponds 5.9 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
38 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
39 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
40 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Point Sal Trail 10.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
49 Black Road pasture 6.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
50 Birabent Canyon 23.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
51 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
52 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
53 Riverbend Park 12.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
54 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
55 Los Alamos Park 12.6 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
56 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
57 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
58 Jalama Road 23.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
59 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
60 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
61 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
62 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
63 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
64 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
65 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
66 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
69 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 18 154 11.7% 7.5%
70 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
71 Strother Park 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Vandenberg SFB--Seal Beach (restricted access) 11.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
75 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
76 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
77 Miguelito County Park 17.4 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
78 Hans Christian Andersen Park 24.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Shell Beach 24.8 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
80 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
81 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 Oceano County Park 20.4 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
83 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
84 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
85 Preisker Park 9.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
86 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
87 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
88 Surf Beach 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
89 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
90 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
91 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 1 56 1.8% 0.3%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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