Bird Finder

Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in April
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 Brown-headed Cowbird in April. 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.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 635 870 73.0% 69.9%
2 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 24 32 75.0% 57.9%
3 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 376 611 61.5% 57.6%
4 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
5 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 140 232 60.3% 53.9%
6 Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign 0.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 80 134 59.7% 51.2%
8 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
9 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 31 53 58.5% 45.1%
10 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 127 277 45.8% 40.1%
11 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
12 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 33 66 50.0% 38.3%
13 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
14 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 75 175 42.9% 35.8%
15 Allerton Park 23.1 91 220 41.4% 35.1%
16 Valentine Park 17.6 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
17 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
18 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 27 63 42.9% 31.4%
19 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
20 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
21 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 23 54 42.6% 30.3%
22 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
23 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 18 41 43.9% 29.9%
24 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 50 142 35.2% 27.8%
25 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 20 50 40.0% 27.6%
26 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
27 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
28 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 91 306 29.7% 24.9%
29 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 24 69 34.8% 24.6%
30 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
31 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
32 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
33 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
34 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Glenn Park 1.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
37 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
38 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 33 127 26.0% 19.1%
39 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 28 114 24.6% 17.6%
40 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
41 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
42 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
43 Sangamon Park 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
44 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
45 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 16 69 23.2% 14.8%
46 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 44 228 19.3% 14.7%
47 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
48 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
49 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
50 Colbert Park 4.6 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
51 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
52 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
53 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
54 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 12 96 12.5% 7.3%
55 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
56 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.) 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
58 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
59 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
60 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
61 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
62 Maynard Lake 3.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
63 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
64 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
65 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%