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Where to find Mallard 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 Mallard 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 Waller Park 4.2 119 152 78.3% 71.1%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 112 143 78.3% 70.9%
3 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 35 43 81.4% 67.4%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 58 79 73.4% 62.8%
5 Black Road pasture 6.3 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
6 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
7 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 76 111 68.5% 59.3%
8 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
9 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
10 A St. ponds 5.9 42 61 68.9% 56.4%
11 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
12 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
13 Oceano County Park 20.4 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
14 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 39 65 60.0% 47.9%
15 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 16 24 66.7% 46.7%
16 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 38 66 57.6% 45.6%
17 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
18 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
21 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
22 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
23 Lopez Lake 23.9 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
24 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 74 170 43.5% 36.3%
25 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
26 Ira Lease Park 22.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
27 Huasna Road 19.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
28 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 21 56 37.5% 26.0%
29 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
30 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
34 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
35 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
36 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
37 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
39 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
40 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
41 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
42 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
43 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
44 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
45 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
46 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%