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Where to find Song 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 Song 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			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	74	87	85.1%	76.1%
2			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	129	159	81.1%	74.3%
3			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
4			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	29	39	74.4%	58.9%
5			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	195	308	63.3%	57.8%
6			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	69	111	62.2%	52.9%
7			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	18	26	69.2%	50.0%
8			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
9			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	44	78	56.4%	45.4%
10			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	105	204	51.5%	44.6%
11			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	19	31	61.3%	43.8%
12			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	33	62	53.2%	41.0%
13			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	23	42	54.8%	39.9%
14			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	37	75	49.3%	38.3%
15			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	34	69	49.3%	37.8%
16			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	28	56	50.0%	37.3%
17			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
18			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
19			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	13	34	38.2%	23.9%
20			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	16	44	36.4%	23.8%
21			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	23	70	32.9%	23.0%
22			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	57	199	28.6%	22.8%
23			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	22	73	30.1%	20.8%
24			Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats	24.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
25			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	38	140	27.1%	20.5%
26			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
27			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	12	39	30.8%	18.6%
28			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	43	186	23.1%	17.6%
29			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
30			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	13	50	26.0%	15.9%
31			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
32			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	12	50	24.0%	14.3%
33			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
34			Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	34	194	17.5%	12.8%
35			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
36			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
37			Pedigo Sod Farm	4.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
38			Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe	3.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
39			Sangamon River Trail, Monticello	19.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
40			Allerton Park	23.1	36	283	12.7%	9.3%
41			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
42			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	85	917	9.3%	7.6%
43			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	13	110	11.8%	7.0%
44			Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
45			Drummer Township Cemetery	24.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
46			Harper's Ferry Rd.	4.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
47			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	8	73	11.0%	5.7%
48			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	66	1014	6.5%	5.1%
49			Boulware Trail	1.6	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
50			Perdueville Habitat Area	20.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
51			Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
52			Valentine Park	17.6	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
53			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	4	53	7.5%	3.0%
54			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	3	45	6.7%	2.3%
55			Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
56			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
57			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
58			Colbert Park	4.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
59			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
60			Thomas Woods	23.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
61			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
62			Monticello Road Field Station	8.4	1	48	2.1%	0.4%