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Where to find American Goldfinch 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 American Goldfinch 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			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	82	87	94.3%	87.2%
2			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
3			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	148	199	74.4%	67.9%
4			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	25	31	80.6%	63.7%
5			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	209	308	67.9%	62.4%
6			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	42	56	75.0%	62.3%
7			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
8			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	107	159	67.3%	59.7%
9			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	121	186	65.1%	58.0%
10			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	580	1014	57.2%	54.1%
11			Boulware Trail	1.6	22	31	71.0%	53.4%
12			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	40	62	64.5%	52.1%
13			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	28	45	62.2%	47.6%
14			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
15			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	26	42	61.9%	46.8%
16			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	44	78	56.4%	45.4%
17			Hidden Acres Park	13.2	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
18			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	57	111	51.4%	42.2%
19			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	415	917	45.3%	42.1%
20			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	69	140	49.3%	41.1%
21			Allerton Park	23.1	131	283	46.3%	40.6%
22			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
23			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
24			Thomas Woods	23.8	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
25			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	18	34	52.9%	36.7%
26			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	22	44	50.0%	35.8%
27			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	14	26	53.8%	35.5%
28			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	48	110	43.6%	34.7%
29			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	32	73	43.8%	33.0%
30			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	30	69	43.5%	32.4%
31			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	32	75	42.7%	32.1%
32			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	31	73	42.5%	31.8%
33			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
34			Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
35			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	22	50	44.0%	31.2%
36			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	20	50	40.0%	27.6%
37			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	12	28	42.9%	26.5%
38			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	15	37	40.5%	26.3%
39			Valentine Park	17.6	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
40			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
41			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	15	39	38.5%	24.9%
42			Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
43			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
44			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
45			Drummer Township Cemetery	24.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
46			Robeson Park	3.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
47			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
48			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
49			Sangamon Park	12.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
50			Heron View Forest Preserve	12.3	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
51			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	41	204	20.1%	15.2%
52			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	13	53	24.5%	14.9%
53			Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
54			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	11	49	22.4%	13.0%
55			Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.)	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
56			Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
57			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	7	40	17.5%	8.7%
58			Maynard Lake	3.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
59			West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
60			Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
61			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
62			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek	0.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
63			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
64			Colbert Park	4.6	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
65			Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
66			Curtis Road Wetlands	5.3	12	194	6.2%	3.6%
67			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	3	70	4.3%	1.5%
68			Monticello Road Field Station	8.4	2	48	4.2%	1.2%