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Where to find American Coot in January
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 American Coot in January. 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			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	24	24	100.0%	86.2%
2			A St. ponds	5.9	29	30	96.7%	83.3%
3			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	308	356	86.5%	82.6%
4			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	31	34	91.2%	77.0%
5			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	25	28	89.3%	72.8%
6			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	161	209	77.0%	70.9%
7			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	9	9	100.0%	70.1%
8			Oceano County Park	20.4	57	71	80.3%	69.6%
9			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	45	56	80.4%	68.2%
10			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	12	13	92.3%	66.7%
11			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	107	146	73.3%	65.6%
12			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	66	95	69.5%	59.6%
13			Waller Park	4.2	89	131	67.9%	59.5%
14			Lopez Lake	23.9	48	68	70.6%	58.9%
15			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	25	35	71.4%	54.9%
16			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
17			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
18			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
19			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	15	24	62.5%	42.7%
20			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
21			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	39	74	52.7%	41.5%
22			Ira Lease Park	22.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
23			Black Road pasture	6.3	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
24			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	19	50	38.0%	25.9%
25			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
26			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
27			Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
28			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
29			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	10	35	28.6%	16.3%
30			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
31			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
32			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
33			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	16	102	15.7%	9.9%
34			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
35			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
36			Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
37			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
38			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
39			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
40			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
41			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
42			Hans Christian Andersen Park	24.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
43			Surf Beach	13.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
44			Town Center	21.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
45			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
46			Preisker Park	9.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
47			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
48			Pismo Preserve	24.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
49			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
50			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
51			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	1	48	2.1%	0.4%