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Where to find Northern Cardinal 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 Northern Cardinal 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			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	43	45	95.6%	85.2%
2			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	730	870	83.9%	81.3%
3			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	189	232	81.5%	76.0%
4			Hidden Acres Park	13.2	12	12	100.0%	75.7%
5			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	143	175	81.7%	75.3%
6			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	477	611	78.1%	74.6%
7			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	26	29	89.7%	73.6%
8			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	9	9	100.0%	70.1%
9			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	13	14	92.9%	68.5%
10			Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign	0.5	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
11			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	33	41	80.5%	66.0%
12			Valentine Park	17.6	21	25	84.0%	65.3%
13			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	195	277	70.4%	64.8%
14			Allerton Park	23.1	155	220	70.5%	64.1%
15			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	96	134	71.6%	63.5%
16			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	99	142	69.7%	61.7%
17			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	39	53	73.6%	60.4%
18			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
19			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
20			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	37	54	68.5%	55.3%
21			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
22			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
23			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	41	63	65.1%	52.8%
24			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	69	114	60.5%	51.4%
25			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	42	69	60.9%	49.1%
26			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	29	50	58.0%	44.2%
27			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	17	27	63.0%	44.2%
28			Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
29			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	20	33	60.6%	43.7%
30			Sangamon River Trail, Monticello	19.3	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
31			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	13	20	65.0%	43.3%
32			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
33			Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
34			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	60	127	47.2%	38.8%
35			Boulware Trail	1.6	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
36			West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
37			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
38			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
39			Sangamon Park	12.0	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
40			Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
41			Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
42			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
43			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	12	28	42.9%	26.5%
44			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
45			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	13	32	40.6%	25.5%
46			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	24	69	34.8%	24.6%
47			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
48			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	21	62	33.9%	23.3%
49			Preservation Pond	1.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
50			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	74	306	24.2%	19.7%
51			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	26	96	27.1%	19.2%
52			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	19	71	26.8%	17.9%
53			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
54			Thomas Woods	23.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
55			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	13	66	19.7%	11.9%
56			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek	0.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
57			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
58			Heron View Forest Preserve	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
59			Colbert Park	4.6	6	42	14.3%	6.7%
60			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
61			Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.)	20.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
62			Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
63			Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	20	228	8.8%	5.8%
64			Maynard Lake	3.4	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
65			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
66			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
67			Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
68			Harper's Ferry Rd.	4.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
69			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	2	31	6.5%	1.8%