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Where to find Bufflehead in March
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 March. 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 26 30 86.7% 70.3%
2 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 37 52 71.2% 57.7%
3 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
5 Lopez Lake 23.9 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
6 Black Road pasture 6.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
7 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 79 191 41.4% 34.6%
8 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
10 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 15 67 22.4% 14.1%
11 A St. ponds 5.9 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
12 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
13 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
14 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
15 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
16 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
17 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
18 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
19 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
21 Town Center 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
22 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
23 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
24 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
25 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
26 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
27 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
28 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
29 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
30 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 3 149 2.0% 0.7%
31 Waller Park 4.2 1 98 1.0% 0.2%