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Where to find Blue Jay 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 Blue Jay 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 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 24 24 100.0% 86.2%
2 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 270 352 76.7% 72.0%
3 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
4 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 86 113 76.1% 67.5%
5 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
6 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
7 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 21 26 80.8% 62.1%
8 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 269 405 66.4% 61.7%
9 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 27 35 77.1% 61.0%
10 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
11 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 75 112 67.0% 57.8%
12 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 139 218 63.8% 57.2%
13 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
14 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
15 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
16 Allerton Park 23.1 65 102 63.7% 54.1%
17 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 25 36 69.4% 53.1%
18 Valentine Park 17.6 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
19 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 39 60 65.0% 52.4%
20 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
22 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 58 98 59.2% 49.3%
23 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
24 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 28 44 63.6% 48.9%
25 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
26 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
27 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
28 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
29 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
30 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
31 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
32 Thomas Woods 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 31 70 44.3% 33.2%
36 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
37 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 Boulware Trail 1.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
39 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
40 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 42 119 35.3% 27.3%
41 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
42 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
43 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
44 Robeson North Lake 3.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Robeson Park 3.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Sangamon River Trail, Monticello 19.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Edna Edwards Burnett Land and Water Reserve 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve 24.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
50 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
51 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
52 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 12 125 9.6% 5.6%
54 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
55 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Colbert Park 4.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
57 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
58 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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