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Where to find Ruddy Duck in January
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 Ruddy Duck in January. 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	313	356	87.9%	84.1%
2			A St. ponds	5.9	29	30	96.7%	83.3%
3			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	13	13	100.0%	77.2%
4			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	9	9	100.0%	70.1%
5			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	111	146	76.0%	68.5%
6			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	27	35	77.1%	61.0%
7			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	19	24	79.2%	59.5%
8			Lopez Lake	23.9	48	68	70.6%	58.9%
9			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	134	209	64.1%	57.4%
10			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	39	56	69.6%	56.7%
11			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	62	95	65.3%	55.3%
12			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	24	34	70.6%	53.8%
13			Oceano County Park	20.4	46	71	64.8%	53.2%
14			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	18	28	64.3%	45.8%
15			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
16			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	15	24	62.5%	42.7%
17			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	25	50	50.0%	36.6%
18			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
19			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
20			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
21			Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
22			Waller Park	4.2	26	131	19.8%	13.9%
23			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
24			Black Road pasture	6.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
25			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
26			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	11	74	14.9%	8.5%
27			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
28			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
29			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
30			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
31			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
32			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
33			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	4	102	3.9%	1.5%
34			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
35			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	1	33	3.0%	0.5%