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Where to find Swamp Sparrow 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 Swamp Sparrow 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 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
2 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
3 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 21 78 26.9% 18.3%
4 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
5 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
6 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
7 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 20 87 23.0% 15.4%
8 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
9 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
10 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
11 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 38 308 12.3% 9.1%
12 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 10 73 13.7% 7.6%
13 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 18 159 11.3% 7.3%
14 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
15 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 75 917 8.2% 6.6%
16 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
17 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
18 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 19 199 9.5% 6.2%
19 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
20 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
21 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 17 186 9.1% 5.8%
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
23 Allerton Park 23.1 21 283 7.4% 4.9%
24 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 7 73 9.6% 4.7%
25 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
26 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 15 204 7.4% 4.5%
27 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
28 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
29 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
30 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
31 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
32 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
33 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 6 140 4.3% 2.0%
34 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
35 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
36 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
37 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
38 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
39 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
40 Valentine Park 17.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
41 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 15 1014 1.5% 0.9%
42 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
43 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
44 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 1 110 0.9% 0.2%