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Where to find Mallard in May
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 May. 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	471	514	91.6%	88.9%
2			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	98	111	88.3%	81.0%
3			Pismo SB--Oceano Campground	20.6	174	210	82.9%	77.2%
4			A St. ponds	5.9	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
5			Lopez Lake	23.9	35	43	81.4%	67.4%
6			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
7			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
8			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
9			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	41	57	71.9%	59.2%
10			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
11			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
12			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	52	79	65.8%	54.8%
13			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
14			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
15			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
16			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	24	40	60.0%	44.6%
17			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
18			Black Road pasture	6.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
19			Pismo Creek/Juan Batista de Anza Trail	22.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
20			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
21			Oceano County Park	20.4	17	28	60.7%	42.4%
22			Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road	22.2	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
23			Waller Park	4.2	16	32	50.0%	33.6%
24			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	17	35	48.6%	33.0%
25			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
26			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	21	49	42.9%	30.0%
27			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
28			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
29			Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
30			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
31			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
32			Bull Canyon Road	10.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
33			Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria	4.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
34			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
35			Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access	21.7	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
36			Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access)	21.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
37			Jalama Road	23.0	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
38			Barka Slough	5.3	9	76	11.8%	6.4%
39			Twitchell Reservoir	13.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
40			Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon	10.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
41			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
42			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
43			Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd	11.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
44			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
45			Sweeney Rd. pullout	14.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
46			Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
47			Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve	8.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
48			Pismo Beach--town area	23.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
49			Biddle County Park	23.3	3	42	7.1%	2.5%
50			Strother Park	20.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
51			Surf Beach	13.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
52			Huasna Road	19.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
53			Pier Ave beach entrance	20.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
54			Margo Dodd Park	24.4	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
55			Arroyo Grande Village	20.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
56			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	1	42	2.4%	0.4%