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Where to find House 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 House 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 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 521 870 59.9% 56.6%
2 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
3 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 33 54 61.1% 47.8%
4 Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign 0.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
5 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
6 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
7 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
8 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 22 53 41.5% 29.3%
9 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 105 306 34.3% 29.2%
10 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 173 611 28.3% 24.9%
11 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 42 134 31.3% 24.1%
12 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
13 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
14 Preservation Pond 1.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
15 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 60 232 25.9% 20.7%
16 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 18 69 26.1% 17.2%
17 Allerton Park 23.1 47 220 21.4% 16.5%
18 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 32 142 22.5% 16.4%
19 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 22 96 22.9% 15.6%
20 Sangamon Park 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 26 127 20.5% 14.4%
23 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 21 114 18.4% 12.4%
24 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 45 277 16.2% 12.4%
25 Maynard Lake 3.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
26 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
27 Colbert Park 4.6 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
28 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
29 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
30 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
32 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
33 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
34 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
35 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
36 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
37 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
38 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
39 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
40 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
41 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
42 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 4 63 6.3% 2.5%
43 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
44 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
45 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
46 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
47 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
48 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 5 228 2.2% 0.9%
49 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 4 175 2.3% 0.9%
50 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 1 66 1.5% 0.3%