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Where to find American Coot in August
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 August. 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) 15.8 279 347 80.4% 75.9%
2 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 55 73 75.3% 64.4%
3 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 124 182 68.1% 61.0%
5 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
6 Oceano County Park 20.4 30 44 68.2% 53.4%
7 Waller Park 4.2 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
9 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
10 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 88 234 37.6% 31.6%
11 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
12 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 31 94 33.0% 24.3%
13 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
14 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
15 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
16 Town Center 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 26 105 24.8% 17.5%
18 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
19 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
20 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
21 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 79 7.6% 3.5%
22 Lopez Lake 23.9 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
23 A St. ponds 5.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
24 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
25 Barka Slough 5.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
26 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
27 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
28 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 89 3.4% 1.2%