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Where to find American Wigeon in January
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 American Wigeon in January. 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 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 24 35 68.6% 52.0%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 87 146 59.6% 51.5%
3 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
4 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 12 50 24.0% 14.3%
6 Black Road pasture 6.3 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
7 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
8 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
9 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
10 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
11 Waller Park 4.2 9 131 6.9% 3.7%
12 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 5 74 6.8% 2.9%
13 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 14 356 3.9% 2.4%
14 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
15 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
16 A St. ponds 5.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
17 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
18 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 3 102 2.9% 1.0%
19 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
20 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
21 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
22 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 2 209 1.0% 0.3%
23 Lopez Lake 23.9 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
24 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
25 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 1 95 1.1% 0.2%