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Where to find Surf Scoter in March
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 Surf Scoter in March. 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 River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
2			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
3			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
4			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
5			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
6			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	19	52	36.5%	24.8%
7			Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts	24.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
8			Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access)	21.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
9			Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access)	9.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
10			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	19	67	28.4%	19.0%
11			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
12			Margo Dodd Park	24.4	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
13			Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access)	19.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
14			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
15			Surf Beach	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
16			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
17			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
18			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
19			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	11	191	5.8%	3.2%
20			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	3	149	2.0%	0.7%