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Where to find Gadwall in May
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 May. 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) 15.8 452 514 87.9% 84.8%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 84 111 75.7% 66.9%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
4 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
5 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 37 57 64.9% 51.9%
6 Lopez Lake 23.9 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 31 79 39.2% 29.2%
8 A St. ponds 5.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
9 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 60 210 28.6% 22.9%
10 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
11 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
12 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Ira Lease Park 22.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
14 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
15 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
16 Oceano County Park 20.4 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
17 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
18 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
19 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
20 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
21 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
22 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
23 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 46 2.2% 0.4%