Bird Finder

Where to find European Starling in April
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 European Starling in April. 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 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
2 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 25 31 80.6% 63.7%
3 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 355 611 58.1% 54.2%
4 Martin Luther King Trail, Champaign 0.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
5 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 39 66 59.1% 47.0%
6 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 18 28 64.3% 45.8%
7 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 53 96 55.2% 45.3%
8 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 31 54 57.4% 44.2%
9 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
10 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 405 870 46.6% 43.3%
11 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 146 306 47.7% 42.2%
12 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 71 142 50.0% 41.9%
13 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 58 114 50.9% 41.8%
14 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
15 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
16 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 27 53 50.9% 37.9%
17 Colbert Park 4.6 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
18 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 61 134 45.5% 37.3%
19 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 99 232 42.7% 36.5%
20 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 50 127 39.4% 31.3%
21 Spring Lake (Champaign Co.) 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
22 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
23 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 80 228 35.1% 29.2%
24 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
25 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 61 175 34.9% 28.2%
26 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
27 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 86 277 31.0% 25.9%
28 Victory Park, Urbana 2.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
29 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 23 69 33.3% 23.4%
30 Harper's Ferry Rd. 4.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
31 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 17 50 34.0% 22.4%
32 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 14 41 34.1% 21.6%
33 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
34 Preservation Pond 1.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Pedigo Sod Farm 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Glenn Park 1.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Drummer Township Cemetery 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Allerton Park 23.1 54 220 24.5% 19.3%
39 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
40 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 18 69 26.1% 17.2%
41 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 12 45 26.7% 16.0%
42 Sangamon Park 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
43 Thomas Woods 23.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
44 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
45 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 14 63 22.2% 13.7%
46 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
47 Monticello Road Field Station 8.4 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
48 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 15 71 21.1% 13.2%
49 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
50 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
51 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 12 62 19.4% 11.4%
52 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
53 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Boneyard Creek 0.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
54 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
55 West Side Park, Champaign 0.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
56 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
57 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
58 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
59 Homer Lake Forest Preserve--North Lot 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
60 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
62 Boulware Trail 1.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
63 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
65 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
66 Maynard Lake 3.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
67 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
68 Valentine Park 17.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%