Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in December
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 December. 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 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
2 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 62 139 44.6% 36.6%
3 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
4 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
5 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
6 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 25 65 38.5% 27.6%
7 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
8 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
9 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 23 66 34.8% 24.5%
10 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
11 Glenn Park 1.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
13 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
14 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
15 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
16 Thomas Woods 23.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
17 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
18 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
19 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
20 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 27 188 14.4% 10.1%
21 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
22 Allerton Park 23.1 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
23 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
24 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
25 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
26 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
27 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
28 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
29 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
30 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
32 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
33 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
34 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
35 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
36 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
37 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
38 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
39 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
40 Colbert Park 4.6 1 93 1.1% 0.2%