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Where to find Blue Jay in October
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 Blue Jay in October. 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	17	17	100.0%	81.6%
2			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	21	22	95.5%	78.2%
3			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	20	21	95.2%	77.3%
4			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	42	49	85.7%	73.3%
5			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	66	86	76.7%	66.8%
6			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	169	234	72.2%	66.2%
7			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	126	173	72.8%	65.8%
8			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	140	197	71.1%	64.4%
9			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	128	183	69.9%	62.9%
10			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	90	130	69.2%	60.8%
11			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
12			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	23	31	74.2%	56.8%
13			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	15	19	78.9%	56.7%
14			Allerton Park	23.1	59	91	64.8%	54.6%
15			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
16			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
17			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	44	75	58.7%	47.4%
18			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
19			Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats	24.8	15	23	65.2%	44.9%
20			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
21			Sangamon Park	12.0	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
22			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	21	35	60.0%	43.6%
23			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
24			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
25			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
26			Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
27			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
28			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
29			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
30			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
31			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
32			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
33			Maynard Lake	3.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
34			Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
35			Perdueville Habitat Area	20.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
36			Boulware Trail	1.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
37			Hidden Acres Park	13.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
38			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
39			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	9	26	34.6%	19.4%
40			Thomas Woods	23.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
41			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	26	126	20.6%	14.5%
42			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
43			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	15	69	21.7%	13.6%
44			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
45			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
46			Valentine Park	17.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
47			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	6	38	15.8%	7.4%
48			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
49			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
50			West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
51			Robert C. Porter Family Park	5.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
52			Colbert Park	4.6	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
53			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
54			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek	0.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
55			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
56			Boneyard Creek, Champaign	0.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%