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Where to find American Coot in November
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 November. 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 243 291 83.5% 78.8%
2 A St. ponds 5.9 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
3 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 12 12 100.0% 75.7%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 163 203 80.3% 74.3%
5 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 89 111 80.2% 71.8%
6 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
7 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 117 154 76.0% 68.6%
8 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 62 86 72.1% 61.8%
9 Oceano County Park 20.4 39 52 75.0% 61.8%
10 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
11 Lopez Lake 23.9 25 34 73.5% 56.9%
12 Ira Lease Park 22.7 23 31 74.2% 56.8%
13 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
14 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 28 42 66.7% 51.6%
15 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
16 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
17 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 16 24 66.7% 46.7%
18 Waller Park 4.2 85 164 51.8% 44.2%
19 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
20 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
21 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
22 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
23 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
24 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
25 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
26 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
28 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
31 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
32 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
33 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 12 66 18.2% 10.7%
34 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
35 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
38 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
39 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
40 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
41 Huasna Road 19.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
42 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%