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Where to find American Wigeon in December
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 December. 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 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 103 143 72.0% 64.2%
2 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 36 66 54.5% 42.6%
3 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
4 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
5 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
6 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
7 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
8 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
9 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
10 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
11 Black Road pasture 6.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
12 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
13 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
14 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
15 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
16 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
17 A St. ponds 5.9 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
18 Waller Park 4.2 9 152 5.9% 3.1%
19 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
20 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
21 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 7 170 4.1% 2.0%
22 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
23 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
24 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
25 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
26 Pismo Beach Pier 22.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%