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Where to find Mallard in February
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 February. 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 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 100 120 83.3% 75.7%
2 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
3 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 24 29 82.8% 65.5%
4 Oceano County Park 20.4 39 50 78.0% 64.8%
5 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 81 115 70.4% 61.5%
6 Black Road pasture 6.3 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
7 Waller Park 4.2 112 164 68.3% 60.8%
8 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 36 49 73.5% 59.7%
9 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
10 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 156 244 63.9% 57.7%
11 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 31 44 70.5% 55.8%
12 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 20 27 74.1% 55.3%
13 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
14 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
15 Lopez Lake 23.9 30 47 63.8% 49.5%
16 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
17 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
18 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
20 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
21 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
22 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
23 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
24 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
25 A St. ponds 5.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
26 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
27 Mesa Road Trilogy 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
28 Trilogy/Monarch Dunes Golf Course 14.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
29 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
33 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 14 51 27.5% 17.1%
34 Huasna Road 19.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
35 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
36 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
37 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
39 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
40 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
42 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
43 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
44 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 Twitchell Reservoir 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
46 Vandenberg Village--Moonglow Rd. Basin 10.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
47 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
48 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
49 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Preisker Park 9.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
52 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
53 Shell Beach 24.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
54 Surf Beach 13.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
55 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
56 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%