Bird Finder

Where to find Red-tailed Hawk 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 Red-tailed Hawk 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 Salt Creek WMA 24.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
2 Maplewood Cemetery 15.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
3 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve 23.7 24 62 38.7% 27.6%
4 Clinton Lake SRA--Radio Tower Access 24.7 16 39 41.0% 27.1%
5 Fairmont Quarry Ponds (restricted access) 21.3 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
6 Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve 21.1 17 50 34.0% 22.4%
7 Clinton Lake SRA--Upper Lake Flats 24.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
8 Middle Fork River FP--Point Pleasant Wetland 22.7 23 78 29.5% 20.5%
9 Thomas Woods 23.8 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
10 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Stidham Woods 9.3 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
11 Sangamon River Corridor Reserve (Bruce Hannon Levee Trail) 19.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
12 Middle Fork River FP--Campground 23.6 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
13 St. Joseph Wetland 10.3 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
14 Sangamon River Forest Preserve 12.5 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
15 University of Illinois Arboretum, Champaign 2.2 31 140 22.1% 16.1%
16 Allerton Park 23.1 50 283 17.7% 13.7%
17 Windsor Rd and 1st St Pond 2.4 15 69 21.7% 13.6%
18 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve--Buffalo Trace Prairie 10.0 12 56 21.4% 12.7%
19 Busey Woods, Urbana 1.8 132 917 14.4% 12.3%
20 Homer Lake State Conservation Area 14.0 33 199 16.6% 12.1%
21 Perdueville Habitat Area 20.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
22 River Bend Forest Preserve 10.7 28 186 15.1% 10.6%
23 Meadowbrook Park, Urbana 3.2 36 308 11.7% 8.6%
24 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana 1.7 101 1014 10.0% 8.3%
25 Sangamon Park 12.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
26 U of IL Forestry Plantations, Urbana 3.1 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
27 Allerton Park--Lost Garden Trail 23.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
28 Lodge Park Forest Preserve 17.3 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
29 Middle Fork River FP--North Waterfowl Management Area 23.2 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
30 Collins Pond Trail 14.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
31 Woodlawn Cemetery, Champaign 1.8 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
32 Middle Fork River FP--South Waterfowl Management Area 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
33 University Cattle Farm, Urbana 2.3 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
34 Perkins Road Marsh, Urbana 2.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
35 Monticello Township Cemetery 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
36 Legacy Ave Ponds 3.3 14 159 8.8% 5.3%
37 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 9.7 10 110 9.1% 5.0%
38 Weaver Park, Urbana 3.4 6 75 8.0% 3.7%
39 Boulware Trail 1.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
40 Robert C. Porter Family Park 5.1 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
41 Parkland College and Dodds Park 2.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
42 Chanute Air Force Base--Heritage Lake 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
43 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.3 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
44 Heron View Forest Preserve 12.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
45 Yankee Ridge Pond And Woods 3.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
46 Allerton Park--Buck Schroth Trail 22.2 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
47 Moorman Swine Research Unit, Champaign 1.9 8 204 3.9% 2.0%
48 Hidden Acres Park 13.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
49 Kaufman Lake, Champaign 2.5 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
50 UIUC Phillips Tract Bird Banding Station (restricted access) 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
51 Beringer Commons Pond, Urbana 4.1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
52 Shady Rest County Forest Preserve 15.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
53 Curtis Road Wetlands 5.3 5 194 2.6% 1.1%
54 Mattis Lake, Champaign 2.0 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
55 Boneyard Creek, Champaign 0.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
56 Barnhart Prairie Restoration 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
57 Carle Park, Urbana 1.9 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
58 Heritage Park, Champaign 2.2 1 87 1.1% 0.2%