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Where to find Blue Jay in May
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 May. 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			River Bend Forest Preserve	10.7	143	186	76.9%	70.3%
2			Homer Lake State Conservation Area	14.0	145	199	72.9%	66.3%
3			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods	9.3	23	28	82.1%	64.4%
4			Boulware Trail	1.6	25	31	80.6%	63.7%
5			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie	10.0	42	56	75.0%	62.3%
6			Busey Woods, Urbana	1.8	582	917	63.5%	60.3%
7			Thomas Woods	23.8	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
8			Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign	1.8	19	26	73.1%	53.9%
9			Sangamon River Forest Preserve	12.5	22	31	71.0%	53.4%
10			Valentine Park	17.6	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
11			Shady Rest County Forest Preserve	15.3	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
12			Middle Fork River Forest Preserve	23.7	37	62	59.7%	47.3%
13			Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot	13.8	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
14			Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods	3.4	25	42	59.5%	44.5%
15			Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area	23.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
16			Meadowbrook Park, Urbana	3.2	152	308	49.4%	43.8%
17			UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access)	5.1	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
18			Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access	24.7	23	39	59.0%	43.4%
19			Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail	22.2	26	45	57.8%	43.3%
20			Crystal Lake Park, Urbana	1.7	469	1014	46.3%	43.2%
21			Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland	22.7	41	78	52.6%	41.6%
22			Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	9.7	51	110	46.4%	37.3%
23			Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail	23.3	19	37	51.4%	35.9%
24			Sangamon Park	12.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
25			Sangamon River Trail, Monticello	19.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
26			Spring Lake (Champaign Co.)	11.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
27			Allerton Park	23.1	111	283	39.2%	33.7%
28			Heritage Park, Champaign	2.2	37	87	42.5%	32.7%
29			Weaver Park, Urbana	3.4	32	75	42.7%	32.1%
30			University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign	2.2	55	140	39.3%	31.6%
31			Salt Creek WMA	24.7	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
32			Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail)	19.2	12	26	46.2%	28.8%
33			Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area	23.2	27	73	37.0%	26.8%
34			Hidden Acres Park	13.2	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
35			Lodge Park Forest Preserve	17.3	26	73	35.6%	25.6%
36			Maplewood Cemetery	15.7	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
37			Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats	24.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
38			Mattis Lake, Champaign	2.0	16	50	32.0%	20.8%
39			Robeson Park	3.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
40			Parkland College and Dodds Park	2.8	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
41			U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana	3.1	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
42			Collins Pond Trail	14.2	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
43			Monticello Township Cemetery	18.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
44			University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1.3	14	53	26.4%	16.4%
45			Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access)	21.3	7	22	31.8%	16.4%
46			Middle Fork River FP--Campground	23.6	12	44	27.3%	16.3%
47			Heron View Forest Preserve	12.3	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
48			Victory Park, Urbana	2.5	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
49			Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve	21.1	11	50	22.0%	12.8%
50			Perdueville Habitat Area	20.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
51			Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana	2.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
52			Kaufman Lake, Champaign	2.5	17	111	15.3%	9.8%
53			Bement Cemetery (Piatt Co.)	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
54			St. Joseph Wetland	10.3	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
55			Carle Park, Urbana	1.9	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
56			Drummer Township Cemetery	24.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
57			West Side Park, Champaign	0.3	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
58			Legacy Ave Ponds	3.3	9	159	5.7%	3.0%
59			Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake	13.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
60			Maynard Lake	3.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
61			Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond	2.4	3	69	4.3%	1.5%
62			Barnhart Prairie Restoration	4.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
63			Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign	1.9	3	204	1.5%	0.5%
64			Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana	4.1	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
65			University Cattle Farm, Urbana	2.3	1	70	1.4%	0.3%