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Where to find Great Blue Heron 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 Great Blue Heron 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.

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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	157	232	67.7%	61.4%
2			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	31	50	62.0%	48.2%
3			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	33	62	53.2%	41.0%
4			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
5			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	31	66	47.0%	35.4%
6			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
7			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	17	33	51.5%	35.2%
8			Allerton Park	23.1	91	220	41.4%	35.1%
9			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	22	45	48.9%	35.0%
10			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	73	175	41.7%	34.7%
11			Heron View Forest Preserve	12.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
12			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	13	32	40.6%	25.5%
13			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	22	71	31.0%	21.4%
14			Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
15			Glenn Park	1.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
16			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	19	63	30.2%	20.2%
17			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	143	611	23.4%	20.2%
18			Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
19			Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
20			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	23	134	17.2%	11.7%
21			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	13	69	18.8%	11.4%
22			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	13	69	18.8%	11.4%
23			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	105	870	12.1%	10.1%
24			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
25			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
26			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
27			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	18	142	12.7%	8.2%
28			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	15	114	13.2%	8.1%
29			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
30			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	25	277	9.0%	6.2%
31			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
32			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
33			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
34			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	9	96	9.4%	5.0%
35			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	22	306	7.2%	4.8%
36			Sangamon Park	12.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
37			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
38			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
39			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
40			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
41			Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	14	228	6.1%	3.7%
42			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
43			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
44			Colbert Park	4.6	3	42	7.1%	2.5%
45			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
46			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
47			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
48			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
49			Hidden Acres Park	13.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
50			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	4	127	3.1%	1.2%
51			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
52			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
53			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
54			Valentine Park	17.6	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
55			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
56			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	1	54	1.9%	0.3%