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Where to find Bufflehead in December
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 December. 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			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	20	23	87.0%	67.9%
2			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	84	111	75.7%	66.9%
3			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	114	170	67.1%	59.7%
4			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
5			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	41	66	62.1%	50.1%
6			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
7			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	62	143	43.4%	35.5%
8			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	13	24	54.2%	35.1%
9			A St. ponds	5.9	27	61	44.3%	32.5%
10			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
11			Lopez Lake	23.9	11	25	44.0%	26.7%
12			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	19	56	33.9%	22.9%
13			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
14			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
15			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	10	31	32.3%	18.6%
16			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
17			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
18			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	13	65	20.0%	12.1%
19			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
20			Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
21			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
22			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
23			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	11	79	13.9%	8.0%
24			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
25			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
26			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
27			Town Center	21.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
28			Black Road pasture	6.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
29			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	6	55	10.9%	5.1%
30			Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
31			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
32			Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access)	16.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
33			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
34			Oceano County Park	20.4	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
35			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
36			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
37			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
38			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
39			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
40			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	1	21	4.8%	0.8%