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Where to find Ruddy Duck in September
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 September. 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 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 181 277 65.3% 59.6%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
3 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 155 329 47.1% 41.8%
4 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 41 91 45.1% 35.2%
5 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
6 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 27 81 33.3% 24.0%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 23 72 31.9% 22.3%
8 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
9 Lopez Lake 23.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
10 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
11 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 121 641 18.9% 16.0%
12 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
13 Oceano County Park 20.4 12 55 21.8% 12.9%
14 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
15 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
16 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
17 A St. ponds 5.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
18 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
19 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
20 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
21 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
22 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
23 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
24 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
25 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
26 Waller Park 4.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%