Bird Finder

Where to find Eastern Kingbird in May
within 25 miles of Champaign, IL, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Eastern Kingbird in May. 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 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 42 62 67.7% 55.4%
2 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 50 78 64.1% 53.0%
3 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 117 199 58.8% 51.9%
4 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
5 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 92 159 57.9% 50.1%
6 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 30 56 53.6% 40.7%
7 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 42 87 48.3% 38.1%
8 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 82 186 44.1% 37.1%
9 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
11 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
12 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 29 69 42.0% 31.1%
13 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 43 111 38.7% 30.2%
14 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
15 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 18 44 40.9% 27.7%
16 Allerton Park 23.1 89 283 31.4% 26.3%
17 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
18 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
19 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 57 204 27.9% 22.2%
20 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 23 73 31.5% 22.0%
21 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
22 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
23 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 223 1014 22.0% 19.6%
24 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
25 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
26 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
27 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 34 140 24.3% 17.9%
28 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
29 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
30 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
31 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
32 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 47 308 15.3% 11.7%
33 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 19 110 17.3% 11.3%
34 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
35 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
36 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
37 Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.) 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
39 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
40 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
41 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
42 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 Robeson North Lake 3.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
46 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 64 917 7.0% 5.5%
47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
48 Boulware Trail 1.6 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
49 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
50 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
51 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 6 194 3.1% 1.4%
52 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
53 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
54 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
55 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
56 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
57 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
58 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 1 40 2.5% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.