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Where to find American Wigeon in November
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 November. 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 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
2 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 71 154 46.1% 38.4%
3 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
4 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 Trilogy Water Treatment Plant 13.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
8 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 53 291 18.2% 14.2%
9 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
10 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
11 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
12 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 15 111 13.5% 8.4%
13 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
14 A St. ponds 5.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
15 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
16 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
17 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
18 Lopez Lake 23.9 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
19 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
20 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 8 203 3.9% 2.0%
21 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
22 Waller Park 4.2 6 164 3.7% 1.7%
23 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
24 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
25 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
26 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 1 86 1.2% 0.2%