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Where to find Ruddy Duck in April
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 April. 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) 15.8 277 315 87.9% 83.9%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 65 82 79.3% 69.3%
3 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
4 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
6 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 24 42 57.1% 42.2%
7 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
8 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
9 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
10 Lopez Lake 23.9 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
11 Oceano County Park 20.4 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
12 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 53 154 34.4% 27.4%
13 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
14 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 20 56 35.7% 24.5%
15 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
16 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
17 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
18 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
19 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
20 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
22 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
23 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
24 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
25 A St. ponds 5.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
26 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
27 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
28 Barka Slough 5.3 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
29 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
30 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
31 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
32 Waller Park 4.2 1 31 3.2% 0.6%