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Where to find American Wigeon in October
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 October. 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 96 332 28.9% 24.3%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 32 213 15.0% 10.8%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
4 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
5 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
6 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
7 Lopez Lake 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
8 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
9 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
10 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
11 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
12 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
13 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
14 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
15 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 9 625 1.4% 0.8%
16 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 65 1.5% 0.3%