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Where to find Purple Martin 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 Purple Martin 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 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
2 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
3 Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe 3.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
4 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
5 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
6 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
7 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
8 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 6 78 7.7% 3.6%
9 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 11 186 5.9% 3.3%
10 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
11 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
12 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
13 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 6 194 3.1% 1.4%
14 Colbert Park 4.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
15 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 5 199 2.5% 1.1%
16 Valentine Park 17.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
17 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
18 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
19 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
20 Allerton Park 23.1 5 283 1.8% 0.8%
21 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
22 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
23 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
24 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
25 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
26 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 2 159 1.3% 0.3%
27 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 7 1014 0.7% 0.3%
28 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 2 204 1.0% 0.3%
29 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
30 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
31 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 1 917 0.1% 0.0%