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Where to find American Goldfinch in September
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 September. 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 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 177 218 81.2% 75.5%
2 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
3 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 35 44 79.5% 65.5%
4 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 28 35 80.0% 64.1%
5 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 45 60 75.0% 62.8%
6 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
7 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
8 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
9 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 72 113 63.7% 54.5%
10 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
11 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
12 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 216 405 53.3% 48.5%
13 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
14 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 54 98 55.1% 45.2%
15 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
16 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 172 352 48.9% 43.7%
17 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
18 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
19 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
20 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
21 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 34 70 48.6% 37.2%
23 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
24 Allerton Park 23.1 45 102 44.1% 34.9%
25 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
26 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
27 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 49 119 41.2% 32.7%
28 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 17 36 47.2% 32.0%
29 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
30 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
31 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
32 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 42 112 37.5% 29.1%
33 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
34 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 42 125 33.6% 25.9%
35 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
36 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
37 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
38 Valentine Park 17.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
39 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
40 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Edna Edwards Burnett Land and Water Reserve 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
43 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
44 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
45 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
46 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
47 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
48 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
49 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
50 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Colbert Park 4.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
55 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
57 Pedigo Sod Farm 4.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
58 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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