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Where to find Lesser Scaup 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 Lesser Scaup 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 96 170 56.5% 49.0%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 18 66 27.3% 18.0%
3 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 30 143 21.0% 15.1%
4 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
5 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
6 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
7 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
8 Lopez Lake 23.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
9 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 12 111 10.8% 6.3%
10 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
12 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
13 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
14 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
15 A St. ponds 5.9 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
16 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
17 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
18 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
19 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
20 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
21 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
22 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
23 Waller Park 4.2 1 152 0.7% 0.1%