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Where to find Chipping 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 Chipping 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 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 22 29 75.9% 57.9%
2 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 133 232 57.3% 50.9%
3 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 465 870 53.4% 50.1%
4 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 329 611 53.8% 49.9%
5 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
6 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
7 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 19 32 59.4% 42.3%
8 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 29 54 53.7% 40.6%
9 Allerton Park 23.1 99 220 45.0% 38.6%
10 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
11 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
12 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 93 277 33.6% 28.3%
13 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 45 134 33.6% 26.1%
14 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 17 45 37.8% 25.1%
15 Valentine Park 17.6 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
16 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
17 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 21 63 33.3% 22.9%
18 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
19 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 37 127 29.1% 21.9%
20 Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign 0.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
21 Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.) 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
22 Preservation Pond 1.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 16 53 30.2% 19.5%
24 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
25 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 18 69 26.1% 17.2%
26 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
27 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
28 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 17 69 24.6% 16.0%
29 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
30 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
31 Sangamon Park 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
32 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
33 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
34 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 38 306 12.4% 9.2%
35 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
36 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 19 142 13.4% 8.7%
37 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 22 175 12.6% 8.5%
38 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 14 114 12.3% 7.5%
39 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
40 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
42 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
43 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
44 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
46 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
47 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
48 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
49 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
50 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
51 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
52 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
53 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
54 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 5 228 2.2% 0.9%
55 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
56 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
57 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
58 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
59 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
60 Colbert Park 4.6 1 42 2.4% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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