Bird Finder

Where to find Mallard in October
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 October. 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.

• Click on a month in the bar chart to switch to that month.
• Click on a location to view its top birds.
• Click here to view a map on eBird.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	501	625	80.2%	76.9%
2			A St. ponds	5.9	19	20	95.0%	76.4%
3			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	22	24	91.7%	74.2%
4			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	15	17	88.2%	65.7%
5			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	231	332	69.6%	64.4%
6			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
7			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	18	22	81.8%	61.5%
8			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	144	213	67.6%	61.1%
9			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
10			Lopez Lake	23.9	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
11			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	18	23	78.3%	58.1%
12			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	46	71	64.8%	53.2%
13			Oceano County Park	20.4	29	45	64.4%	49.8%
14			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	39	65	60.0%	47.9%
15			Waller Park	4.2	35	62	56.5%	44.1%
16			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
17			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	26	47	55.3%	41.2%
18			Ira Lease Park	22.7	18	36	50.0%	34.5%
19			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
20			Lompoc Water Treatment Plant	12.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
21			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	21	46	45.7%	32.2%
22			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	25	57	43.9%	31.8%
23			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
24			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	12	25	48.0%	30.0%
25			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
26			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
27			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	12	30	40.0%	24.6%
28			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
29			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
30			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
31			Upper Lopez Canyon Rd.	24.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
32			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
33			Mentone Basin Park	20.7	11	64	17.2%	9.9%
34			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
35			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
36			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
37			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
38			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	6	31	19.4%	9.2%
39			Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
40			Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
41			Chumash Park--Pismo Beach	22.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
42			Huasna Road	19.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
43			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
44			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	4	43	9.3%	3.7%
45			Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin	10.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
46			Barka Slough	5.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
47			River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.)	21.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
48			Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access)	12.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
49			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
50			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
51			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
52			Zaca Station Rd.	20.4	1	25	4.0%	0.7%