Bird Finder

Top Locations in April
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA

This page shows the top birding locations in April. The chart shows how many species can be found in the region for each month of the year as a measure of local "birdiness".

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Rank	Map	Location	Distance	Checklists	Species
1		Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	232	169
2		Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	870	159
3		Allerton Park	23.1	220	156
4		Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	611	154
5		River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	175	152
6		Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	63	136
7		Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	277	131
8		Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	306	130
9		Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	134	129
10		Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	50	129
11		Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	33	120
12		Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	32	118
13		University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	127	110
14		Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	142	110
15		Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	114	104
16		Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	26	100
17		Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	69	98
18		Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	228	97
19		Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	45	89
20		Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	53	89
21		Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	69	87
22		Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	41	87
23		Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	66	87
24		Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	27	86
25		Salt Creek WMA	24.7	11	84
26		Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	14	80
27		Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	13	79
28		Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	10	79
29		Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	71	78
30		Valentine Park	17.6	25	76
31		St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	62	73
32		University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	54	72
33		Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	20	70
34		Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	12	68
35		Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	10	68
36		U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	16	63
37		Colbert Park	4.6	42	63
38		Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	7	61
39		Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	96	60
40		Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	11	59
41		UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	9	58
42		Hidden Acres Park	13.2	12	54
43		Sangamon River Trail, Monticello	19.3	6	53
44		Collins Pond Trail	14.2	14	53
45		Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	3	53
46		Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	29	52
47		Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	28	51
48		Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	11	48
49		Thomas Woods	23.8	4	48
50		Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	27	47
51		University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	31	46
52		Sangamon Park	12.0	4	46
53		Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	18	45
54		Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign	0.5	8	44
55		Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	4	43
56		Monticello Road Field Station	8.4	37	41
57		Harper's Ferry Rd.	4.3	5	40
58		Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	4	37
59		Maynard Lake	3.4	10	31
60		Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	3	31
61		Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	4	29
62		Heron View Forest Preserve	12.3	2	28
63		West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	7	27
64		Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	3	26
65		Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	23	23
66		Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	12	23
67		Preservation Pond	1.4	3	21
68		University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek	0.9	6	21
69		Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.)	20.7	3	17
70		Boulware Trail	1.6	5	14
71		Glenn Park	1.7	1	12
72		Drummer Township Cemetery	24.8	1	7
73		Clearlake Blvd Pond	2.6	1	7
74		Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats	24.8	2	6
75		Champaign Country Club	1.6	1	6
76		Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe	3.4	2	5
77		Robeson Park	3.2	1	5
78		Pedigo Sod Farm	4.1	1	4
79		Old Rantoul Landfill and Surrounding Pastures	17.0	1	3