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Where to find American Coot in September
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 September. 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) 15.8 272 329 82.7% 78.2%
2 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 481 641 75.0% 71.5%
3 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
4 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
5 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
6 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 59 91 64.8% 54.6%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
8 Oceano County Park 20.4 36 55 65.5% 52.3%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 16 24 66.7% 46.7%
10 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
11 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
12 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
13 Waller Park 4.2 27 61 44.3% 32.5%
14 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 103 277 37.2% 31.7%
15 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 30 72 41.7% 31.0%
16 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
17 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
18 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 28 81 34.6% 25.1%
19 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 14 38 36.8% 23.4%
20 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
21 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
22 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
25 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
26 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
27 A St. ponds 5.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
28 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
29 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
30 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
31 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
32 Barka Slough 5.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
33 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
34 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
35 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
36 Surf Beach 13.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
37 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%