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Where to find American Coot in March
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 March. 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) 15.8 163 191 85.3% 79.6%
2 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 116 149 77.9% 70.5%
4 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
5 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 50 67 74.6% 63.1%
6 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 39 52 75.0% 61.8%
8 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 18 22 81.8% 61.5%
9 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
10 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
11 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
12 A St. ponds 5.9 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
13 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
14 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
15 Oceano County Park 20.4 28 42 66.7% 51.6%
16 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
17 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 30 46 65.2% 50.8%
18 Waller Park 4.2 58 98 59.2% 49.3%
19 Lopez Lake 23.9 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
20 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
22 Black Road pasture 6.3 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
23 Town Center 21.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
24 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
25 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
26 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
27 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
28 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
33 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
34 Barka Slough 5.3 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
35 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
36 Ira Lease Park 22.7 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
37 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
38 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
39 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
40 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
41 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
42 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
43 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
44 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
45 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%