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Where to find Ruddy Duck in March
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 March. 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) 15.8 173 191 90.6% 85.6%
2 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
3 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 48 67 71.6% 59.9%
4 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 35 52 67.3% 53.8%
5 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
6 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 28 46 60.9% 46.5%
7 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
8 Lopez Lake 23.9 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
9 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
10 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
11 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
12 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
13 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 66 149 44.3% 36.6%
14 A St. ponds 5.9 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
15 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
16 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
17 Oceano County Park 20.4 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
18 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
19 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
20 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
24 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
25 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
26 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
27 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
28 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
29 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
30 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
31 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
32 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
33 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
34 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
35 Waller Park 4.2 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
36 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
37 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
38 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
39 Barka Slough 5.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%