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Where to find American Coot in December
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 December. 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	137	170	80.6%	74.0%
2			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	37	43	86.0%	72.7%
3			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
4			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	63	79	79.7%	69.6%
5			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	109	143	76.2%	68.6%
6			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	13	14	92.9%	68.5%
7			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	80	111	72.1%	63.1%
8			Waller Park	4.2	106	152	69.7%	62.0%
9			Ira Lease Park	22.7	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
10			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	15	18	83.3%	60.8%
11			A St. ponds	5.9	43	61	70.5%	58.1%
12			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	18	23	78.3%	58.1%
13			Oceano County Park	20.4	22	29	75.9%	57.9%
14			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	45	65	69.2%	57.2%
15			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	43	66	65.2%	53.1%
16			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
17			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
18			Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
19			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
20			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
21			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
22			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
23			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
24			Lopez Lake	23.9	15	25	60.0%	40.7%
25			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
26			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
27			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
28			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	18	47	38.3%	25.8%
29			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
30			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
31			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	19	56	33.9%	22.9%
32			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	18	55	32.7%	21.8%
33			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
34			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
35			Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
36			Black Road pasture	6.3	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
37			Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
38			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	6	31	19.4%	9.2%
39			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
40			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
41			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
42			Town Center	21.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
43			Huasna Road	19.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
44			Surf Beach	13.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
45			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
46			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	33	3.0%	0.5%