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Where to find Mallard in September
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 September. 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	532	641	83.0%	79.9%
2			Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean)	15.8	264	329	80.2%	75.6%
3			Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria	3.3	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
4			A St. ponds	5.9	12	13	92.3%	66.7%
5			Arroyo Grande Creek mouth	20.1	54	70	77.1%	66.0%
6			Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access)	4.4	15	17	88.2%	65.7%
7			River Park (SBA Co.)	13.2	18	21	85.7%	65.4%
8			Ocean Beach County Park	13.3	195	277	70.4%	64.8%
9			Mission Hills WTP	11.0	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
10			Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street)	11.3	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
11			Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted)	9.1	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
12			Oceano County Park	20.4	39	55	70.9%	57.9%
13			Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower	19.7	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
14			Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.)	13.8	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
15			Pismo Creek mouth	22.5	43	72	59.7%	48.2%
16			Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park)	9.2	53	91	58.2%	48.0%
17			Santa Maria WTP	7.5	27	43	62.8%	47.9%
18			Lopez Lake	23.9	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
19			Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds	10.6	14	22	63.6%	43.0%
20			Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.)	13.6	43	81	53.1%	42.3%
21			Waller Park	4.2	31	61	50.8%	38.6%
22			Ira Lease Park	22.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
23			Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access)	11.2	16	34	47.1%	31.5%
24			Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access)	9.3	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
25			Jalama Beach County Park	23.2	16	38	42.1%	27.9%
26			Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach	16.4	22	65	33.8%	23.5%
27			North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond	9.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
28			Mesa Road Trilogy	13.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
29			Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex	20.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
30			Pismo SB--North Beach Campground	22.2	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
31			Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing)	21.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
32			Jack O'Connell Park	10.9	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
33			Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve	22.1	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
34			Barka Slough	5.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
35			Santa Maria Bottoms	11.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
36			Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond	6.2	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
37			Tepusquet Road--south slope	14.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
38			Surf Beach	13.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
39			Oceano Dunes SVRA	18.0	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
40			Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access)	14.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
41			Floradale x Central Ag Fields (restricted access)	12.7	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
42			Pismo Beach Pier	22.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
43			Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant	12.4	1	22	4.5%	0.8%