Bird Finder

Where to find Blue Jay 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 Blue Jay 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 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 18 18 100.0% 82.4%
2 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 28 34 82.4% 66.5%
3 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 71 115 61.7% 52.6%
4 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 65 111 58.6% 49.3%
5 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
6 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 28 46 60.9% 46.5%
7 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
8 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
9 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
10 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
11 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 40 75 53.3% 42.2%
12 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
13 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 53 113 46.9% 38.0%
14 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
15 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
16 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
17 Boulware Trail 1.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
18 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
19 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
20 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
21 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
22 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 19 45 42.2% 29.0%
23 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
24 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
25 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 45 133 33.8% 26.3%
26 Allerton Park 23.1 19 53 35.8% 24.3%
27 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
28 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
29 Sangamon Park 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
33 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
34 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
35 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 13 81 16.0% 9.6%
36 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
39 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Maynard Lake 3.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
41 Valentine Park 17.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
42 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
43 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
44 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
45 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
46 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 6 168 3.6% 1.6%