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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird 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 Brown-headed Cowbird 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			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
2			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	18	22	81.8%	61.5%
3			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	135	199	67.8%	61.1%
4			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	61	87	70.1%	59.8%
5			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	568	917	61.9%	58.8%
6			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	598	1014	59.0%	55.9%
7			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	38	56	67.9%	54.8%
8			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	115	186	61.8%	54.7%
9			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	48	78	61.5%	50.4%
10			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	170	308	55.2%	49.6%
11			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	37	62	59.7%	47.3%
12			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	87	159	54.7%	47.0%
13			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	17	26	65.4%	46.2%
14			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	23	37	62.2%	46.1%
15			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	19	31	61.3%	43.8%
16			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
17			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	16	26	61.5%	42.5%
18			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	24	42	57.1%	42.2%
19			Allerton Park	23.1	134	283	47.3%	41.6%
20			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	54	110	49.1%	39.9%
21			Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
22			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
23			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	22	45	48.9%	35.0%
24			Boulware Trail	1.6	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
25			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	55	140	39.3%	31.6%
26			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	13	28	46.4%	29.5%
27			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	29	73	39.7%	29.3%
28			Thomas Woods	23.8	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
29			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	28	73	38.4%	28.1%
30			Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
31			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	16	39	41.0%	27.1%
32			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	14	34	41.2%	26.4%
33			Valentine Park	17.6	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
34			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	19	50	38.0%	25.9%
35			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	17	44	38.6%	25.7%
36			Sangamon Park	12.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
37			West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
38			Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats	24.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
39			Drummer Township Cemetery	24.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
40			Robeson North Lake	3.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
41			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	16	50	32.0%	20.8%
42			Colbert Park	4.6	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
43			Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
44			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
45			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
46			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
47			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	27	111	24.3%	17.3%
48			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	45	204	22.1%	16.9%
49			Monticello Road Field Station	8.4	12	48	25.0%	14.9%
50			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	15	69	21.7%	13.6%
51			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	16	75	21.3%	13.6%
52			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	12	53	22.6%	13.5%
53			Clearlake Blvd Pond	2.6	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
54			Hidden Acres Park	13.2	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
55			Perdueville Habitat Area	20.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
56			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
57			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
58			Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	28	194	14.4%	10.2%
59			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
60			Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.)	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
61			Pedigo Sod Farm	4.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
62			Sangamon River Trail, Monticello	19.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
63			Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
64			Heron View Forest Preserve	12.3	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
65			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
66			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
67			Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
68			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
69			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	6	70	8.6%	4.0%
70			Maynard Lake	3.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
71			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%