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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk 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 Red-tailed Hawk 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 24 27 88.9% 71.9%
2 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
3 Colson Canyon 16.4 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
4 Huasna Road 19.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
5 Barka Slough 5.3 51 76 67.1% 55.9%
6 Riverbend Park 12.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
7 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
8 Jalama Road 23.0 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
9 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
10 Biddle County Park 23.3 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
11 Black Road pasture 6.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
14 Lopez Lake 23.9 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
15 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
16 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
17 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
18 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
19 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
20 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
22 Waller Park 4.2 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
23 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
24 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
25 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
26 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
27 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
28 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
29 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
30 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
31 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
32 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
33 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
34 Los Alamos Park 12.6 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
35 A St. ponds 5.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
36 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
37 Halcyon 19.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
38 Vandenberg AFB--Honda Creek (restricted access) 19.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
39 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
40 Palmer Road--south of Dominion Road 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 VSFB--Fitness Center Trail (restricted access) 9.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 124 514 24.1% 20.6%
45 Dana Foothill Road 15.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
46 Miguelito County Park 17.4 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
47 Pioneer Park 2.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
48 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
49 Vandenberg AFB--north inland (restricted access) 6.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
50 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 24 111 21.6% 15.0%
51 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
52 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
53 Birabent Canyon 23.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
54 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
55 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
56 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
57 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
58 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 James Way Park 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 28 210 13.3% 9.4%
64 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
65 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
66 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
67 Surf Beach 13.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
68 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Town Center 21.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Beckmen Vineyards 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
75 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
76 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
77 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
78 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
79 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
82 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
83 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
84 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Preisker Park 9.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
86 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
87 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
88 Strother Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
89 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
90 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
91 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
92 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
93 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
94 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
95 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 1 79 1.3% 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.