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Where to find Great Blue Heron 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 Great Blue Heron 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 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 31 39 79.5% 64.5%
2 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 127 199 63.8% 56.9%
3 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 81 159 50.9% 43.2%
5 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 33 62 53.2% 41.0%
6 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 40 78 51.3% 40.4%
7 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
8 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 85 186 45.7% 38.7%
9 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
11 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
12 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 33 87 37.9% 28.5%
13 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 20 49 40.8% 28.2%
14 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 25 69 36.2% 25.9%
15 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 19 50 38.0% 25.9%
16 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 285 1014 28.1% 25.4%
17 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
18 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
19 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
20 Robeson Park 3.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Allerton Park 23.1 70 283 24.7% 20.1%
22 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
23 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
24 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
25 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 19 73 26.0% 17.3%
26 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 19 73 26.0% 17.3%
27 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
28 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
29 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
30 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
31 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 20 110 18.2% 12.1%
32 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 23 140 16.4% 11.2%
33 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
34 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 18 111 16.2% 10.5%
35 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
36 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
38 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 87 917 9.5% 7.8%
39 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 21 204 10.3% 6.8%
40 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
41 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 28 308 9.1% 6.4%
42 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 18 194 9.3% 5.9%
44 Thomas Woods 23.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
45 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
46 Boulware Trail 1.6 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
47 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
48 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
49 Valentine Park 17.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
50 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
51 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
52 Maynard Lake 3.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
53 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
54 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
55 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
56 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
57 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
58 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
59 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
60 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 1 70 1.4% 0.3%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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