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Where to find Ring-necked Duck 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 Ring-necked Duck 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 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
2 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
4 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
5 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
8 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
9 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 16 170 9.4% 5.9%
10 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
11 A St. ponds 5.9 6 61 9.8% 4.6%
12 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
13 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
14 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 9 143 6.3% 3.3%
15 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
16 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
17 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
18 Lopez Lake 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
19 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
20 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
21 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
22 Town Center 21.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
23 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
24 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
25 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
26 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
27 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
28 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
29 Waller Park 4.2 1 152 0.7% 0.1%