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Where to find Chipping 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 Chipping 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			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
2			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	21	26	80.8%	62.1%
3			Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
4			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	18	26	69.2%	50.0%
5			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	112	199	56.3%	49.3%
6			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	52	87	59.8%	49.3%
7			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	36	62	58.1%	45.7%
8			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	485	1014	47.8%	44.8%
9			Drummer Township Cemetery	24.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
10			West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
11			Allerton Park	23.1	130	283	45.9%	40.2%
12			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	23	42	54.8%	39.9%
13			Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.)	20.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
14			Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
15			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	23	50	46.0%	33.0%
16			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	54	140	38.6%	30.9%
17			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	40	110	36.4%	28.0%
18			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	274	917	29.9%	27.0%
19			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
20			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	27	73	37.0%	26.8%
21			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	96	308	31.2%	26.3%
22			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	25	73	34.2%	24.4%
23			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	15	44	34.1%	21.9%
24			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
25			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	11	31	35.5%	21.1%
26			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	17	53	32.1%	21.1%
27			Robeson North Lake	3.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
28			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	17	56	30.4%	19.9%
29			Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
30			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	30	111	27.0%	19.6%
31			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
32			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
33			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	12	45	26.7%	16.0%
34			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek	0.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
35			Valentine Park	17.6	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
36			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	9	50	18.0%	9.8%
37			Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe	3.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
38			Sangamon River Trail, Monticello	19.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
39			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	25	186	13.4%	9.3%
40			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	12	78	15.4%	9.0%
41			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	26	204	12.7%	8.8%
42			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	11	75	14.7%	8.4%
43			Colbert Park	4.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
44			Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
45			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	5	37	13.5%	5.9%
46			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
47			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
48			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	14	159	8.8%	5.3%
49			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
50			Boulware Trail	1.6	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
51			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	7	69	10.1%	5.0%
52			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
53			Perdueville Habitat Area	20.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
54			Thomas Woods	23.8	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
55			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
56			Sangamon Park	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
57			Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	9	194	4.6%	2.5%
58			Maynard Lake	3.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
59			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
60			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
61			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
62			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
63			Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
64			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
65			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	2	70	2.9%	0.8%
66			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	1	49	2.0%	0.4%