Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in October
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 American Goldfinch in October. 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 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
2 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 171 234 73.1% 67.1%
3 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 126 173 72.8% 65.8%
4 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 26 35 74.3% 57.9%
5 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
6 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
7 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
8 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
9 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
10 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 52 86 60.5% 49.9%
11 Allerton Park 23.1 51 91 56.0% 45.8%
12 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
13 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 90 183 49.2% 42.0%
14 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
15 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 81 197 41.1% 34.5%
16 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
17 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
18 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 48 130 36.9% 29.1%
20 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
21 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
22 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
23 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
24 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
25 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
27 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
28 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 33 126 26.2% 19.3%
29 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
30 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
31 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
32 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 18 75 24.0% 15.8%
33 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
34 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
35 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
36 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
37 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
38 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
39 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
40 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
41 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
42 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
46 Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe 3.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
47 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
49 Colbert Park 4.6 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
50 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
52 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 4 69 5.8% 2.3%