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Where to find Mallard in January
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 Mallard in January. 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 Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	31	34	91.2%	77.0%
2			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	120	146	82.2%	75.2%
3			Black Road pasture	6.3	19	21	90.5%	71.1%
4			Waller Park	4.2	100	131	76.3%	68.4%
5			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	12	13	92.3%	66.7%
6			A St. ponds	5.9	25	30	83.3%	66.4%
7			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	152	209	72.7%	66.3%
8			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	18	21	85.7%	65.4%
9			Oceano County Park	20.4	54	71	76.1%	65.0%
10			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	23	28	82.1%	64.4%
11			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	67	95	70.5%	60.7%
12			Lopez Lake	23.9	43	68	63.2%	51.4%
13			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	36	56	64.3%	51.2%
14			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
15			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
16			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
17			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
18			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
19			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
20			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	39	74	52.7%	41.5%
21			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	164	356	46.1%	41.0%
22			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
23			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
24			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
25			Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
26			Ira Lease Park	22.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
27			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	39	102	38.2%	29.4%
28			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	14	33	42.4%	27.2%
29			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	14	35	40.0%	25.6%
30			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
31			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	16	50	32.0%	20.8%
32			Pasadera Homes Pond	9.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
33			Punchbowl Pond (restricted access)	6.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
34			Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	9	50	18.0%	9.8%
35			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
36			Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
37			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
38			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
39			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
40			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
41			Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
42			Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
43			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
44			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
45			Huasna Road	19.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
46			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
47			Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access)	4.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
48			Pioneer Park	2.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
49			Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only)	0.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
50			Surf Beach	13.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
51			Mitchell Road, Santa Maria	3.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
52			Maramonte Park	4.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
53			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
54			Pismo Preserve	24.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
55			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
56			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	1	39	2.6%	0.5%