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Where to find American Coot in February
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 February. 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) 15.8 218 244 89.3% 84.8%
2 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 14 14 100.0% 78.5%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 97 120 80.8% 72.9%
4 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 41 49 83.7% 71.0%
5 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
6 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 86 115 74.8% 66.1%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 35 44 79.5% 65.5%
8 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
9 A St. ponds 5.9 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
10 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
11 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
12 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
13 Oceano County Park 20.4 35 50 70.0% 56.2%
14 Waller Park 4.2 104 164 63.4% 55.8%
15 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
16 Lopez Lake 23.9 32 47 68.1% 53.8%
17 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
18 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
19 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
20 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 Black Road pasture 6.3 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
22 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
23 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
24 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
25 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
26 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
27 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
28 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
29 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
30 Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course 14.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
31 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
35 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 12 51 23.5% 14.0%
36 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
37 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
38 Barka Slough 5.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
39 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
41 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
42 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
43 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
44 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
45 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
46 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
47 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
48 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
49 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%