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Where to find Gadwall 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 Gadwall 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) 15.8 232 315 73.7% 68.5%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 63 82 76.8% 66.6%
3 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
4 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
6 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 19 32 59.4% 42.3%
7 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
8 Black Road pasture 6.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
9 Lopez Lake 23.9 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
10 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
11 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 A St. ponds 5.9 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
13 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 38 154 24.7% 18.5%
14 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
15 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
16 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
17 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
18 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
19 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
20 Oceano County Park 20.4 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
21 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
22 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
23 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
24 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
25 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
26 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
27 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
28 Barka Slough 5.3 1 88 1.1% 0.2%