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Where to find American Coot in April
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 April. 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) 15.8 262 315 83.2% 78.6%
2 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
3 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 105 154 68.2% 60.5%
5 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
6 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 28 42 66.7% 51.6%
8 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
9 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
10 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
11 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 46 82 56.1% 45.3%
12 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Waller Park 4.2 19 31 61.3% 43.8%
14 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
15 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
16 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
17 Oceano County Park 20.4 23 48 47.9% 34.5%
18 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
19 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
20 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
21 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
22 A St. ponds 5.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
23 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 22 56 39.3% 27.6%
24 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
25 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
26 Barka Slough 5.3 20 88 22.7% 15.2%
27 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
28 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
29 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
30 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
32 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
33 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
34 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
35 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
36 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
37 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
38 Black Road pasture 6.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
39 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
40 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%