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Where to find Mallard in April
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 April. 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 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 276 315 87.6% 83.5%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 75 82 91.5% 83.4%
3 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
4 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 128 154 83.1% 76.4%
5 Black Road pasture 6.3 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
6 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
7 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
8 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
9 A St. ponds 5.9 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
10 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
11 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
12 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
13 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
14 Waller Park 4.2 22 31 71.0% 53.4%
15 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
16 Lopez Lake 23.9 27 42 64.3% 49.2%
17 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
18 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
19 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
21 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
22 Oceano County Park 20.4 26 48 54.2% 40.3%
23 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
24 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 29 56 51.8% 39.0%
25 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex 20.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
28 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
29 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
30 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
31 Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
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 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
35 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
36 Ira Lease Park 22.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
37 Chumash Park--Pismo Beach 22.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
39 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
40 Barka Slough 5.3 15 88 17.0% 10.6%
41 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
42 Biddle County Park 23.3 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
43 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
44 Pier Ave beach entrance 20.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
45 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
46 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
47 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
50 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
51 Preisker Park 9.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
53 Surf Beach 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
54 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
55 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
56 Pismo Preserve 24.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
57 Miguelito County Park 17.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%