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Where to find Bufflehead in November
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 Bufflehead in November. 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) 15.8 205 291 70.4% 65.0%
2 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 74 111 66.7% 57.5%
3 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 71 154 46.1% 38.4%
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
5 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
6 Lopez Lake 23.9 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
7 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
9 A St. ponds 5.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
10 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
11 Ira Lease Park 22.7 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
12 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 17 86 19.8% 12.7%
13 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
14 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
15 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 29 203 14.3% 10.1%
16 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
17 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
18 Oceano County Park 20.4 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
19 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
20 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
21 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
22 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
23 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
24 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
25 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
26 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
27 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%