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Where to find Eastern Phoebe 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 Eastern Phoebe 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 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 505 1014 49.8% 46.7%
2 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 99 199 49.7% 42.9%
3 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 50 110 45.5% 36.5%
4 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 38 87 43.7% 33.7%
5 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
6 Allerton Park 23.1 107 283 37.8% 32.4%
7 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
8 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 280 917 30.5% 27.6%
9 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 93 308 30.2% 25.3%
10 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 17 45 37.8% 25.1%
11 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
12 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
13 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
14 Robeson Park 3.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
16 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
17 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
18 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
19 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
20 Boulware Trail 1.6 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
21 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 15 73 20.5% 12.9%
22 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 12 56 21.4% 12.7%
23 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 14 73 19.2% 11.8%
24 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
25 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
26 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 14 78 17.9% 11.0%
27 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
28 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 27 186 14.5% 10.2%
29 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
30 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
31 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
32 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
33 Valentine Park 17.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
34 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
35 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
36 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
37 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
38 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
39 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
40 Thomas Woods 23.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
41 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
42 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
43 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
44 Sangamon Park 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
45 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
46 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
47 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
48 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 6 140 4.3% 2.0%
49 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
50 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 6 159 3.8% 1.7%
51 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
52 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
53 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
54 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
55 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
56 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 3 204 1.5% 0.5%
57 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
58 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 1 194 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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