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Where to find Purple Finch 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 Purple Finch 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 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 34 173 19.7% 14.4%
2 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
3 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 29 183 15.8% 11.3%
4 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
5 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
6 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
7 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 22 197 11.2% 7.5%
8 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 15 130 11.5% 7.1%
9 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
10 Sangamon Park 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
12 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 8 86 9.3% 4.8%
13 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
14 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 10 234 4.3% 2.3%
15 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
16 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
17 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
18 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
19 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
20 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 3 126 2.4% 0.8%
21 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
22 Allerton Park 23.1 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
23 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%