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Where to find Swainson's Thrush in September
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 Swainson's Thrush in September. 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 1.8 244 352 69.3% 64.3%
2 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
3 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 19 26 73.1% 53.9%
4 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 229 405 56.5% 51.7%
5 Allerton Park 23.1 58 102 56.9% 47.2%
6 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
7 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
8 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 58 113 51.3% 42.2%
9 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 101 218 46.3% 39.8%
10 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
11 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
12 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
13 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
14 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 17 35 48.6% 33.0%
15 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 20 44 45.5% 31.7%
16 Valentine Park 17.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
17 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 27 70 38.6% 28.0%
18 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
19 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
20 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
21 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
22 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Robeson Park 3.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
25 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 28 112 25.0% 17.9%
26 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
27 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 23 98 23.5% 16.2%
28 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
30 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
31 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
32 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
34 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
35 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
36 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
37 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
38 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 8 119 6.7% 3.4%
39 Colbert Park 4.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
40 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
41 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
42 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%