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Where to find Ruddy Duck 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 Ruddy Duck 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	140	170	82.4%	75.9%
2			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	114	143	79.7%	72.4%
3			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
4			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	80	111	72.1%	63.1%
5			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	18	23	78.3%	58.1%
6			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	46	66	69.7%	57.8%
7			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	31	43	72.1%	57.3%
8			A St. ponds	5.9	42	61	68.9%	56.4%
9			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	53	79	67.1%	56.1%
10			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	42	65	64.6%	52.5%
11			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
12			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
13			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	16	24	66.7%	46.7%
14			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
15			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
16			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
17			Oceano County Park	20.4	17	29	58.6%	40.7%
18			Waller Park	4.2	72	152	47.4%	39.6%
19			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
20			Lopez Lake	23.9	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
21			Ira Lease Park	22.7	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
22			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
23			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
24			Black Lake Canyon Wetland Preserve	15.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
25			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
26			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
27			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
28			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	7	56	12.5%	6.2%
29			Black Road pasture	6.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
30			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	5	47	10.6%	4.6%
31			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
32			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
33			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
34			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	4	55	7.3%	2.9%
35			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
36			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	33	3.0%	0.5%