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Where to find Tree 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 Tree 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 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 73 78 93.6% 85.9%
2 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
3 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 70 87 80.5% 70.9%
4 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 25 31 80.6% 63.7%
5 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
6 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 127 186 68.3% 61.3%
7 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 52 73 71.2% 60.0%
8 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 44 62 71.0% 58.7%
9 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 194 308 63.0% 57.5%
10 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
11 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
12 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 38 56 67.9% 54.8%
13 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 24 34 70.6% 53.8%
14 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
15 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 108 199 54.3% 47.3%
16 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
18 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 77 159 48.4% 40.8%
19 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 33 69 47.8% 36.5%
20 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 86 204 42.2% 35.6%
21 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 21 44 47.7% 33.8%
22 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 45 111 40.5% 31.9%
23 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
24 Colbert Park 4.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
25 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 21 75 28.0% 19.1%
28 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 13 45 28.9% 17.7%
29 Allerton Park 23.1 61 283 21.6% 17.2%
30 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
31 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 17 110 15.5% 9.9%
32 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
33 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
34 Ruppel Bike Path--Prospect Pointe 3.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 18 140 12.9% 8.3%
37 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 101 1014 10.0% 8.3%
38 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 23 194 11.9% 8.0%
39 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
40 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
41 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
43 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
44 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
45 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
46 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 30 917 3.3% 2.3%
47 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
48 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
49 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
50 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
51 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
52 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
53 Valentine Park 17.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
54 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
55 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
56 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
57 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
58 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 1 40 2.5% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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