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Where to find American Coot in May
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 May. 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	421	514	81.9%	78.3%
2			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	12	15	80.0%	54.8%
3			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
4			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
5			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	110	210	52.4%	45.6%
6			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	24	40	60.0%	44.6%
7			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
8			Lopez Lake	23.9	23	43	53.5%	38.9%
9			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
10			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
11			A St. ponds	5.9	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
12			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	47	111	42.3%	33.6%
13			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	31	79	39.2%	29.2%
14			Oceano County Park	20.4	12	28	42.9%	26.5%
15			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
16			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
17			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
18			Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
19			Waller Park	4.2	10	32	31.2%	18.0%
20			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
21			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
22			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
23			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	10	57	17.5%	9.8%
24			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
25			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
26			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
27			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	6	49	12.2%	5.7%
28			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
29			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
30			Barka Slough	5.3	6	76	7.9%	3.7%
31			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
32			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
33			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
34			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
35			Margo Dodd Park	24.4	1	46	2.2%	0.4%