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Where to find Song Sparrow in March
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 Song Sparrow in March. 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 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 28 36 77.8% 61.9%
2 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 143 249 57.4% 51.2%
3 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
4 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 79 160 49.4% 41.7%
5 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 40 80 50.0% 39.3%
6 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 88 195 45.1% 38.3%
7 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
8 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
9 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 73 178 41.0% 34.0%
10 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
11 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 73 213 34.3% 28.2%
12 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 81 272 29.8% 24.7%
13 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
14 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
15 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 35 114 30.7% 23.0%
16 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 25 78 32.1% 22.7%
17 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
18 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
19 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
20 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
21 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
22 Pedigo Sod Farm 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Preservation Pond 1.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
25 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
26 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
27 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
28 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 20 82 24.4% 16.4%
29 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
30 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
31 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
32 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
33 Allerton Park 23.1 26 133 19.5% 13.7%
34 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 27 140 19.3% 13.6%
35 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
36 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
37 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
38 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 13 75 17.3% 10.4%
39 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
40 Sangamon Park 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
44 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Colbert Park 4.6 9 79 11.4% 6.1%
46 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
47 Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe 3.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Glenn Park 1.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
50 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
52 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
53 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
54 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
55 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
56 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
57 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
58 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
59 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 5 118 4.2% 1.8%
60 Clearlake Blvd Pond 2.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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