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Where to find Mallard 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 Mallard 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 Black Road pasture 6.3 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
2 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
3 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 124 149 83.2% 76.4%
4 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 12 12 100.0% 75.7%
5 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 57 67 85.1% 74.7%
6 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
7 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 149 191 78.0% 71.6%
8 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
9 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
10 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 41 52 78.8% 66.0%
11 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
12 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
13 Waller Park 4.2 70 98 71.4% 61.8%
14 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
15 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
16 Lopez Lake 23.9 24 34 70.6% 53.8%
17 Ira Lease Park 22.7 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
18 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
19 A St. ponds 5.9 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
20 Oceano County Park 20.4 27 42 64.3% 49.2%
21 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
23 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
24 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 26 46 56.5% 42.2%
25 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
27 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
28 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
29 Barka Slough 5.3 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
30 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
31 Town Center 21.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
32 Nipomo Regional Park 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve--Santa Lucia Canyon marsh 8.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
38 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
39 Huasna Road 19.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
40 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
41 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
42 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
43 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
45 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
46 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
47 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
48 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
51 Biddle County Park 23.3 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
52 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
53 Pioneer Park 2.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
55 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
56 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
57 Jalama Road 23.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
58 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
59 Preisker Park 9.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
61 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
62 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.