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Where to find Great Blue Heron in July
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 July. 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 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
2 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 45 74 60.8% 49.4%
3 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
5 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
6 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 39 76 51.3% 40.3%
7 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
8 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
9 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 25 61 41.0% 29.5%
10 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
11 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
12 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
13 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
14 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
15 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
16 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
17 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
18 Allerton Park 23.1 11 51 21.6% 12.5%
19 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
20 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
21 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 12 61 19.7% 11.6%
22 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
23 Maynard Lake 3.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
24 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
25 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
26 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
30 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
31 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
32 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
33 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
34 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
35 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 9 102 8.8% 4.7%
36 Colbert Park 4.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Old Rantoul Landfill and Surrounding Pastures 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
39 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
40 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
41 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
42 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
43 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%