Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in August
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 August. 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 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 32 34 94.1% 80.9%
2 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 22 23 95.7% 79.0%
3 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
4 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 105 133 78.9% 71.3%
5 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 37 46 80.4% 66.8%
6 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
7 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 35 45 77.8% 63.7%
8 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 83 115 72.2% 63.4%
9 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 80 111 72.1% 63.1%
10 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 59 81 72.8% 62.3%
11 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 18 22 81.8% 61.5%
12 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
13 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
14 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
15 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 74 113 65.5% 56.3%
16 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 25 35 71.4% 54.9%
17 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
18 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
19 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
20 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 101 168 60.1% 52.6%
21 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
22 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
23 Allerton Park 23.1 33 53 62.3% 48.8%
24 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
25 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 21 32 65.6% 48.3%
26 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 43 75 57.3% 46.1%
27 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
28 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
29 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 27 52 51.9% 38.7%
30 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
32 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
33 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
34 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
35 Colbert Park 4.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
36 Valentine Park 17.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
38 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
39 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
40 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Old Rantoul Landfill and Surrounding Pastures 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
47 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
48 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
49 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
50 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
51 Pedigo Sod Farm 4.1 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
52 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
53 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
54 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
55 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Boulware Trail 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
59 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Maynard Lake 3.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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