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Where to find Ruddy Duck in February
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 February. 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	224	244	91.8%	87.7%
2			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
3			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	87	115	75.7%	67.1%
4			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	37	49	75.5%	61.9%
5			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	23	29	79.3%	61.6%
6			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	32	44	72.7%	58.2%
7			A St. ponds	5.9	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
8			Lopez Lake	23.9	31	47	66.0%	51.7%
9			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
10			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
11			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
12			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
13			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	15	27	55.6%	37.3%
14			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	24	47	51.1%	37.2%
15			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	54	120	45.0%	36.4%
16			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	15	29	51.7%	34.4%
17			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
18			Oceano County Park	20.4	22	50	44.0%	31.2%
19			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
20			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
21			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
22			Trilogy Water Treatment Plant	13.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
23			Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course	14.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
24			Black Road pasture	6.3	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
25			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
26			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
27			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	9	45	20.0%	10.9%
28			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
29			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
30			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
31			Waller Park	4.2	14	164	8.5%	5.2%
32			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
33			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
34			Surf Beach	13.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
35			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
36			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	1	28	3.6%	0.6%