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Where to find Bufflehead in April
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 April. 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 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
4 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 18 56 32.1% 21.4%
5 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 75 315 23.8% 19.4%
6 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
7 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 14 82 17.1% 10.5%
8 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
9 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
10 A St. ponds 5.9 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
11 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
12 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
13 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
14 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
15 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
16 Barka Slough 5.3 8 88 9.1% 4.7%
17 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
18 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
19 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
20 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
21 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 4 154 2.6% 1.0%
22 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
23 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
24 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
25 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
26 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
27 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 42 2.4% 0.4%