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Where to find Bufflehead in February
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 February. 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	25	29	86.2%	69.4%
2			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	30	44	68.2%	53.4%
3			Black Road pasture	6.3	17	25	68.0%	48.4%
4			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	130	244	53.3%	47.0%
5			A St. ponds	5.9	13	20	65.0%	43.3%
6			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
7			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
8			Lopez Lake	23.9	25	47	53.2%	39.2%
9			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
10			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	45	115	39.1%	30.7%
11			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
12			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	20	47	42.6%	29.5%
13			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
14			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
15			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
16			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
17			Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course	14.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
18			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
19			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
20			Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
21			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	18	120	15.0%	9.7%
22			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
23			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
24			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
25			Oceano County Park	20.4	6	50	12.0%	5.6%
26			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
27			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
28			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
29			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
30			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
31			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	3	51	5.9%	2.0%
32			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
33			Surf Beach	13.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
34			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
35			Waller Park	4.2	1	164	0.6%	0.1%