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Where to find American Goldfinch in July
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 July. 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 12 12 100.0% 75.7%
2 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 24 29 82.8% 65.5%
3 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 26 32 81.2% 64.7%
4 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 53 74 71.6% 60.5%
5 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
6 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
7 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 23 31 74.2% 56.8%
8 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 63 102 61.8% 52.1%
9 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
10 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
11 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 44 76 57.9% 46.7%
12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
13 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
14 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 33 57 57.9% 45.0%
15 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 35 61 57.4% 44.9%
16 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 34 61 55.7% 43.3%
19 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
20 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
21 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
22 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
23 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
24 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
25 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe 3.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Robeson North Lake 3.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Allerton Park 23.1 24 51 47.1% 34.1%
29 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
30 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
31 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
32 Old Rantoul Landfill and Surrounding Pastures 17.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
33 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 20 52 38.5% 26.5%
34 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
35 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
36 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
37 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
38 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
39 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
42 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
43 Colbert Park 4.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
44 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
45 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
46 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
47 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
54 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
55 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 Glenn Park 1.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Boulware Trail 1.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.