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Where to find Gadwall 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 Gadwall 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 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 68 143 47.6% 39.5%
3 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
4 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
5 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
6 A St. ponds 5.9 26 61 42.6% 31.0%
7 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 28 79 35.4% 25.8%
8 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 23 66 34.8% 24.5%
9 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 36 111 32.4% 24.4%
10 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
11 Lopez Lake 23.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
12 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Oceano County Park 20.4 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
15 Black Road pasture 6.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
16 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
17 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
18 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 23 170 13.5% 9.2%
19 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
21 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
22 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
23 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
25 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
26 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
27 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
29 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
30 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
31 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
32 Waller Park 4.2 1 152 0.7% 0.1%