Bird Finder

Where to find House 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 House 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 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 15 15 100.0% 79.6%
2 Boulware Trail 1.6 26 31 83.9% 67.4%
3 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 437 917 47.7% 44.4%
4 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 27 50 54.0% 40.4%
5 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
6 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 30 62 48.4% 36.4%
7 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
8 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 80 204 39.2% 32.8%
10 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
12 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 29 75 38.7% 28.5%
13 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 18 44 40.9% 27.7%
14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
15 Colbert Park 4.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
16 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 24 70 34.3% 24.2%
17 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
18 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 263 1014 25.9% 23.3%
19 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
20 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
21 Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign 0.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Glenn Park 1.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 47 199 23.6% 18.3%
24 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 22 87 25.3% 17.3%
25 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 33 140 23.6% 17.3%
26 Allerton Park 23.1 59 283 20.8% 16.5%
27 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
28 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 61 308 19.8% 15.7%
29 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 24 111 21.6% 15.0%
30 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
31 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
32 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
33 Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.) 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Preservation Pond 1.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Maynard Lake 3.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
36 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
37 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 13 110 11.8% 7.0%
38 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
39 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
40 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
41 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
42 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
43 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
44 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
45 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
46 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
47 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
48 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 3 78 3.8% 1.3%
49 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
50 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
51 Valentine Park 17.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
52 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
53 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
54 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 3 159 1.9% 0.6%
55 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 3 194 1.5% 0.5%
56 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
57 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
58 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 2 186 1.1% 0.3%
59 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%