Bird Finder

Where to find Mallard 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 Mallard 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 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 39 41 95.1% 83.9%
2 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 37 43 86.0% 72.7%
3 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 21 24 87.5% 69.0%
4 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 37 50 74.0% 60.4%
5 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
6 Clearlake Blvd Pond 2.6 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 55 92 59.8% 49.6%
8 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
9 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 105 188 55.9% 48.7%
10 Colbert Park 4.6 50 93 53.8% 43.7%
11 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
12 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
13 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
14 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
15 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
16 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
17 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
18 Glenn Park 1.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
20 Robeson North Lake 3.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
22 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 20 139 14.4% 9.5%
23 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
27 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
28 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
30 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
31 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
32 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
33 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
34 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
35 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
36 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
37 Allerton Park 23.1 2 52 3.8% 1.1%