Bird Finder

Where to find Blue Jay in December
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 December. 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 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
2 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 94 139 67.6% 59.5%
3 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
4 Allerton Park 23.1 36 52 69.2% 55.7%
5 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 25 36 69.4% 53.1%
6 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
8 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
9 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
10 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 88 188 46.8% 39.8%
11 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
12 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
13 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 32 65 49.2% 37.5%
14 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
15 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
16 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 31 66 47.0% 35.4%
17 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
18 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
19 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
20 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
21 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
22 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
23 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
24 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
25 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Sangamon Park 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Glenn Park 1.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Edna Edwards Burnett Land and Water Reserve 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
33 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
34 Thomas Woods 23.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
35 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
36 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Robeson North Lake 3.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
41 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
42 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
43 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
44 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
45 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 4 92 4.3% 1.7%
46 Colbert Park 4.6 1 93 1.1% 0.2%