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Where to find Barn Swallow 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 Barn Swallow 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 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
2 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 23 31 74.2% 56.8%
3 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 68 111 61.3% 52.0%
4 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 93 159 58.5% 50.7%
5 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 117 204 57.4% 50.5%
6 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 113 199 56.8% 49.8%
7 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 38 62 61.3% 48.8%
8 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 513 1014 50.6% 47.5%
9 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
10 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
11 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 38 69 55.1% 43.4%
12 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 40 78 51.3% 40.4%
13 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
14 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 24 48 50.0% 36.4%
15 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 39 87 44.8% 34.8%
16 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 77 186 41.4% 34.6%
17 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
18 Allerton Park 23.1 101 283 35.7% 30.3%
19 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
20 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
21 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
22 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 29 75 38.7% 28.5%
23 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
24 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
25 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
26 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
27 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
28 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 53 194 27.3% 21.5%
29 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
30 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 16 53 30.2% 19.5%
31 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
32 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 20 73 27.4% 18.5%
33 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 32 140 22.9% 16.7%
34 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
35 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
36 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
37 Colbert Park 4.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
38 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
39 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
40 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
41 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 43 308 14.0% 10.5%
42 Pedigo Sod Farm 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 14 110 12.7% 7.7%
45 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 8 56 14.3% 7.4%
46 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
47 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 74 917 8.1% 6.5%
48 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
49 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Robeson North Lake 3.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
54 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
55 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
56 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
57 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
58 Clearlake Blvd Pond 2.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
60 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
61 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
62 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
63 Valentine Park 17.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
64 Thomas Woods 23.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
65 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%