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Where to find Ruddy Duck in November
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 November. 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) 15.8 248 291 85.2% 80.7%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 128 154 83.1% 76.4%
3 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
4 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 77 111 69.4% 60.3%
5 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
6 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 57 86 66.3% 55.8%
7 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 116 203 57.1% 50.3%
8 A St. ponds 5.9 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
10 Oceano County Park 20.4 31 52 59.6% 46.1%
11 Lopez Lake 23.9 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
12 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
13 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
14 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
15 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
16 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
17 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
18 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
19 Waller Park 4.2 38 164 23.2% 17.4%
20 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
22 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
23 Ira Lease Park 22.7 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
24 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
25 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
26 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
27 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
28 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
29 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
30 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
31 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
32 Allan Hancock College 7.2 1 67 1.5% 0.3%