Bird Finder

Where to find Swamp Sparrow 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 Swamp Sparrow 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 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
2 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 22 50 44.0% 31.2%
3 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
4 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
5 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
6 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 44 134 32.8% 25.5%
7 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 74 277 26.7% 21.8%
8 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 32 114 28.1% 20.6%
9 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
10 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 186 870 21.4% 18.8%
11 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 68 306 22.2% 17.9%
12 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
13 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 15 54 27.8% 17.6%
14 Valentine Park 17.6 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
15 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
16 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
17 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 46 232 19.8% 15.2%
18 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
19 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 12 66 18.2% 10.7%
20 Allerton Park 23.1 32 220 14.5% 10.5%
21 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 11 62 17.7% 10.2%
22 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 25 175 14.3% 9.9%
23 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 17 127 13.4% 8.5%
24 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
25 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 62 611 10.1% 8.0%
26 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
27 Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign 0.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
28 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
29 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
30 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 14 142 9.9% 6.0%
33 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
34 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 8 71 11.3% 5.8%
35 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
36 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
37 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
38 Sangamon Park 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
39 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
40 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
42 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
43 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
44 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
45 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
46 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
47 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
48 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
49 Colbert Park 4.6 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
50 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
51 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
52 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 2 228 0.9% 0.2%