IORC

Records Accepted

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2), 22 May 2013, Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County (2013-074; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (5), 29 May 2014, Bailey Wetland, Richland and Wayne counties (2014-056; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Black Vulture, 3 May 2015, Warbler Woods and Lake Charleston, Coles County (2015-064; Ron Bradley)
• Black Vulture (3), 9 May 2015, Fox Ridge State Park, Coles County (2015-065; Tyler Funk)
• Swallow-tailed Kite, 14 Aug 2014, Monroe County (2014-055; Carl DauBach)
• Black-tailed Gull, 11-16 Jan 2016, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County (2016-001; William C. Rowe, Matt Rowe; Tyler D. Funk, C. Leroy Harrison, Fran R. Morel)
• California Gull, 22 Dec 2013, Bloomington, McLean County (2013-077; Matthew Winks)
• California Gull, 16 Jan – 17 Feb 2016, Wilmington, Will County (2016-003; Andrew Aldrich; Greg Neise, Matt Wistrand)
• Slaty-backed Gull, 26 Jan – 20 Feb 2016, Wilmington in Will County and Montrose Point in Chicago’s Lincoln Park in Cook County (2016-005; Andrew Aldrich; Matthew Cvetas, Josh Engel, Kanae Hirabayashi, Bob Hughes, Fran Morel, Greg Neise, Matt Wistrand)
• Barn Owl, 30 Jan – 11 Mar 2012, DuPage County (2012-055; Jeff Smith)
• Barn Owl (2 to 4), 23 Apr – 8 Sep 2012, DuPage County (2012-056; Jeff Smith)
• Barn Owl (1 to 5), 29 Jan – 15 Sep 2013, DuPage County (2013-078; Jeff Smith)
• Barn Owl, 3-7 Jan 2014, DuPage County (2014-057; Jeff Smith)
• Prairie Falcon, 15 Nov – 14 Dec 2013, Bailey Wetland, Richland and Wayne counties (2013-070; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Prairie Falcon, 1 Dec 2013, between Prairie Ridge State Natural Area and Forbes State Park, Marion County (2013-071; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Prairie Falcon, 6 Feb 2013, northern Wayne County (2013-072; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Prairie Falcon, 6 Mar 2013, north of East Fork Lake, Richland County (2013-073; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Prairie Falcon, 27 Dec 2013, northwest Douglas County (2013-075; Jeff Bryant)
• Prairie Falcon (2), 3 Nov 2013 – 25 Feb 2014, northern Coles County (2013-076; Ron Bradley)
• Prairie Falcon, 17 Jan 2016, Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County (2016-004; Tyler Funk)
• Prairie Falcon, 1 Jan 2016, Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County (2016-006; C. Leroy Harrison)
• Prairie Falcon, 3 Jan 2016, Butler Tract of Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Marion County (2016-007, C. Leroy Harrison)
• Townsend’s Solitaire, 14-21 Jan 2016, Braidwood Lake, Will County (2016-002; Don Blecha)

Records Not Accepted

• Mottled Duck (2), 26 Oct – 11 Dec 2015, Bailey Wetland, Richland and Wayne counties (2015-067)

Records Accepted

• Barrow’s Goldeneye, 6 Dec 2015 – 27 Feb 2016, Carpentersville, Kane County (2015-058; Anna Szal; Russ Goulding)
• White-faced Ibis, 5-11 Nov 2015, Pingree Grove, Kane County (2015-049; Matthew Cvetas, Marion Miller)
• Swallow-tailed Kite, 1 Sep 2012, Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve, Lake County (2012-053; Kathy Amberg)
• Common Ground-Dove, 18 Oct 2015, Bloomington, McLean County (2015-050; Rod Mitchell)
• Common Ground-Dove, 6-20 Nov 2015, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Cook County (2015-045; Matthew Cvetas, Fran Morel, Geoffrey A. Williamson
• Parasitic Jaeger, 13 Sep 2015, Waukegan, Lake County (2015-037; Annette McClellan)
• California Gull, 5 Dec 2015, Fulton, Whiteside County (2015-055; Dan Williams)
• Slaty-backed Gull, 25 Nov 2015, Hampton, Rock Island County (2015-054; Jim Forde)
• Barn Owl, 18 Apr 2015, Coles County (2015-062; J.E. Brown)
• Barn Owl, 7 Nov 2015, Chicago, Cook County (2015-046; Steven J. Huggins)
• Barn Owl, 29 Nov 2015, Urbana, Champaign County (2015-057; Greg Lambeth)
• Burrowing Owl, 6-15 Oct 2012, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Cook County, (2012-052; Jake Cvetas, Matthew Cvetas, Josh Engel)
• Burrowing Owl, 19-20 Oct 2015, LaSalle County (2015-059; Don Coons)
• Prairie Falcon (2), 8 Nov 2015 – 13 Mar 2016, Coles County (2015-051; Tyler D. Funk)
• Cave Swallow, 8 Nov 2012, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Cook County (2012-049; Richard C. Payne)
• Cave Swallow, 7 Nov 2015, Illinois Beach State Park (north unit), Lake County (2015-048; Brendon Lake)
• Cave Swallow, 20 Nov 2015, Illinois Beach State Park (south unit), Lake County (2015-052; Nat Carmichael, Al Stokie)
• Cave Swallow, 20 Nov 2015, Illinois Beach State Park (north unit), Lake County (2015-053; John Leonard, Greg Neise, Andrew Stewart)
• Swainson’s Warbler (2), 9 & 23 May 2015, Alexander County (2015-039; Ida Domazlicky, Rhonda Rothrock)
• Green-tailed Towhee, 13 Dec 2015 – 2 Mar 2016, Monroe County (2015-061; Tim Enbring; Carl DauBach, Pen DauBach)

Records Not Accepted

• Barrow’s Goldeneye, 22 Nov 2015, Peoria Lake, Tazewell County (2015-056)
• Anhinga, 16 Sep 2012, Greene Valley Forest Preserve, DuPage County (2012-051)
• Swallow-tailed Kite, 4 Aug 2012, Homer Lake Preserve, Champaign County (2012-054)
• Ruff, 31 Aug 2014, Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Mason County (2014-010)
• Little Stint, 13 Apr 2013, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County (2013-010)
• Chimney Swift, 14 Nov 2013, Chicago, Cook County (2013-033) [accepted as Chaetura sp.]

Records Accepted

• Wood Stork, Sun Lake Forest Preserve, Lake County, 21 Oct 2015 (2015-044; Philip Willink)
• White Ibis, Eldon Hazlet State Park, Clinton County, 12-13 Sep 2015 (2015-041; Keith McMullen, Al Smith)
• Little Gull, Lake Shelbyville, Moultrie County, 18 Oct to 15 Nov 2015 (2015-043; Tyler Funk, Travis Mahan; Ron Bradley)
• Barn Owl (2, found dead), Sharpsburg, Christian County, 7 Sep 2015 (2015-040; Kevin Veara)
• Say’s Phoebe, Illinois Beach State Park (north unit), Lake County, 30 Aug 2012 (2012-048; Paul Sweet)
• Bullock’s Oriole, River Forest, Cook County, 14 Oct 2015 (2015-042; Jill Anderson)
• Hoary Redpoll, Oak Park, Cook County, 28 Feb 2008 (2008-054; Aaron Gyllenhaal)
• Hoary Redpoll, Klehm Arboretum, Rockford, Winnebago County, 22 Dec 2012 (2012-047; Dan Williams)
• Hoary Redpoll, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Glencoe, Cook County, 6-16 Jan 2013 (2013.069; Matthew Cvetas)

Records Accepted

• Magnificent Frigatebird, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, 8 Jul 2015 [Josh Engel]
• Black Vulture, Woodford County, 10 Jun 2013 [Ted Hartzler]
• Swallow-tailed Kite, Champaign, Champaign County, 24 Aug – 7 Sep 2015 [Wendi Lindsay; Matthew Cvetas, Conner England, David B. Johnson, Dan Williams]
• Purple Gallinule, Dixon Waterfowl Refuge, Hennepin-Hopper Lakes, Putnam County, 5-6 Sep 2014 [Doug Stotz]
• Long-tailed Jaeger, Horseshoe Lake State Park, Madison County, 15-19 Jul 2015 [Keith McMullen, Dan Williams]
• Slaty-backed Gull, Lake County Fairgrounds and Winthrop Harbor’s North Point Marina, Lake County, 14-23 Feb 2014 [Amar Ayyash; Nolan Lameka, Geoff Williamson]
• Royal Tern, Waukegan Beach, Lake County, 19-20 Aug 2015 [Annette McClellan]
• White-winged Dove, Chicago, Cook County, 12 May 2015 [Chicago Bird Collision Monitors; Josh Engel]
• Barn Owl, Havana, Mason County, 9 Aug 2014 [Kristen Walter]

Records Not Accepted

• Barnacle Goose, Lake Bloomington, McLean County, 29 Jan – 11 Feb 2013 (not accepted on basis of origin)
• Mottled Duck, Sangchris Lake State Park, Sangamon County, 29 Oct and 16 Nov 2013
• Common Eider, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, 22 Feb 2014
• Neotropic Cormorant (2), Anderson Lake, Fulton County, 13 Jul 2015
• Anhinga, Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, 21 Sep 2013
• Anhinga, Oswego, Kendall County, 22 Apr 2014
• Anhinga, Greene Valley Forest Preserve, DuPage County, 6 Sep 2014
• Broad-winged Hawk, McClaughery Springs Woods Forest Preserve, Cook County, 10 Mar 2012
• Curlew Sandpiper, Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Mason County, 1 Sep 2014
• Little Stint, near Havana, Fulton County, 9 Aug 2015
• Black-headed Gull, Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge, Mason County, 4 Sep 2015
• Arctic Tern, Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Mason County, 14 Jun 2014
• Royal Tern, Oak Brook, DuPage County, 22 Aug 2015
• Great-tailed Grackle (2), Montgomery County, 10 May 2015

Breeding Records Not Accepted

• Le Conte’s Sparrow, Kankakee County, 29 Aug – 11 Sep 2013

Records Accepted

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2), Beardstown Marsh, Cass County, 7-13 Jul 2014 [Duane L. Brunk; Ted Hartzler]
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (9), Rochelle, Ogle County, 11-12 Aug 2014 [Karen Lund]
• Barrow’s Goldeneye, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County, 14 Mar 2015 [H. David Bohlen]
• Barrow’s Goldeneye, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 21-25 Mar 2015 [Dan Kassebaum]
• White Ibis, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, Champaign County, 14 May 2011 [Rob Kanter]
• White Ibis, Bailey Wetland, Richland County and Wayne County, 10-22 Jul 2014 [Leroy Harrison, Bob Shelby]
• Black Vulture (2), Marion County, 8 Mar 2015 [Leroy Harrison]
• Black Vulture, near Iola, Clay County, 6 May 2015 [Leroy Harrison]
• Snowy Plover, Montrose Beach, Chicago, Cook County, 3-11 May 2015 [Matthew Cvetas, Paul Sweet, Geoff Williamson]
• Ruff, Bailey Wetland, Richland County and Wayne County, 6 May 2015 [Leroy Harrison]
• Parasitic Jaeger, Waukegan, Lake County, 28 Sep 2014 [Annette McClellan]
• Little Gull, Waukegan, Lake County, 25 Apr 2015 [Adam Sell]
• Little Gull, Waukegan, Lake County, 6 Jun 2015 [Patrick Ricketson]
• Great Black-backed Gull, Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Mason County, 26 Sep 2014 [Sigurd Bjorklund]
• Barn Owl, near El Paso, Woodford County, 2 Apr 2015 [Ted Hartzler]
• Barn Owl, Romeoville, Will County, 10 Jan 2015 [Chicago Bird Collision Monitors; Josh Engel]
• Gyrfalcon, north-central Coles County, 16 Jan 2015 [Ron Bradley]
• Prairie Falcon, east of Buffalo, Sangamon County, 6 Jan 2015 [H. David Bohlen]
• Say’s Phoebe, Miller Meadows Forest Preserve, Cook County, 31 Mar – 2 Apr 2015 [Karrin Burns; Geoff Williamson]
• Fish Crow, Louisville, Clay County, 6 May 2015 [Leroy Harrison]
• Violet-green Swallow, Northwestern University lakefill, Evanston, Cook County, 9 May 2015 [Josh Engel, Matthew Cvetas]
• Bewick’s Wren, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, 20 May – 3 Jun 2015 [Leroy Harrison, Bob Shelby]
• Townsend’s Solitaire, Waukegan Beach, Lake County, 14 Apr 2015 [Nat Carmichael]
• Townsend’s Solitaire, near Schapville, Jo Daviess County, 15 Nov 2014 [Richard Mattas]
• Townsend’s Solitaire, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Cook County, 13 Nov 2014 [Al Stokie]
• Kirtland’s Warbler, Montrose Point, Chicago, 16-17 May 2015 [Matthew Cvetas, Geoff Williamson]
• Black-throated Gray Warbler, Red Hills State Park, Lawrence County, 26 Apr 2015 [Leroy Harrison]
• Gray-headed form of Dark-eyed Junco, Forreston, Ogle County, 26-27 Apr 2013 [Anne Straight; Steve Bailey]

Records Not Accepted

• Parasitic Jaeger, Fulton County, 15 Sep 2013
• Royal Tern, Fulton County, 4 Aug 2013
• Broad-billed Hummingbird, La Salle County, 23 Aug – 21 Sep 2014

Records Accepted

• Mottled Duck (2), Montrose Point, Chicago, Cook County, 30 May 2013 [Luis Muñoz]
• Mottled Duck, Chautauqua NWR, Mason County, 29 Aug 2014 [Andrew Aldrich]
• Neotropic Cormorant, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 13 Apr 2013 [Dan Kassebaum]
• Glossy Ibis, Woodford County, 24 May 2013 [Ted Hartzler]
• Black Vulture, Ft Sheridan FP, Lake County, 19 Oct 2014 [Adam Sell]
• Black Rail, Shelby County, 14 Jul 2013 [Travis Mahan]
• Pomarine Jaeger, Weldon Springs SP, DeWitt County, 22-23 Nov 2014 [Ron Bradley, Dan Williams]
• California Gull (immature), Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 6 Oct & 3 Nov 2013 [Dan Kassebaum]
• Slaty-backed Gull, Illinois River at East Peoria, Peoria and Tazewell Counties, 11 Jan 2015 [Jim Mountjoy]
• Slaty-backed Gull, Calumet Park, Chicago, Cook County, 7 Feb 2015 [Geoff Williamson]
• Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher, Chicago, Cook County, 11 Sep 2010 [Matt Baughman]
• Townsend’s Solitaire, Lost Mount Unit of Upper Mississippi River NWR, Jo Daviess County, 19 Dec 2014 [Dan Williams]
• Bullock’s Oriole, near Joppa, Massac County, 21 Nov 2014 [John Schwegman]

Records Not Accepted

• Mexican Duck, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 23 Mar 2014
• Eared Grebe, Lake Renwick, Will County, 4 May 2013
• Reddish Egret, Crab Orchard NWR, Williamson County, 29 Jun 2013
• Whooping Crane (2), near Ullin, Alexander and Pulaski County, 16 & 23 Nov 2013
• Sprague’s Pipit, Bureau County, 5 May 2014
• Sprague’s Pipit, Winthrop Harbor, Lake County, 27 Jul 2014

Records Accepted

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (9), Yorkville, Kendall County, 21-30 May 2014
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Lincoln Park in Chicago, Cook County, 21 Jun 2014
• Cinnamon Teal, Spillway Marsh at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Madison County, 8-9 Apr 2014
• Harlequin Duck, Fox River in Elgin, Kane County, 9 Nov 2014 – 31 Jan 2015
• Barrow’s Goldeneye, Kane County, 17 Jan – 28 Feb 2015
• Neotropic Cormorant, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County, 12-23 Jun 2013
• Neotropic Cormorant, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County, 19-29 Jul 2013
• Tricolored Heron, Oakwood Bottoms, Jackson County, 27 May 2014
• Roseate Spoonbill, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County, 29 Nov 2013
• Swainson’s Hawk, Greene Valley Forest Preserve, DuPage County, 14 Oct 2013
• Little Gull, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 3 Nov 2013
• Little Gull (2), Carlyle, Clinton County, 8-11 Nov 2013
• California Gull, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 27 Sep – 26 Oct 2014
• Prairie Falcon, eastern LaSalle County, 14 Mar 2014
• Prairie Falcon, Judson University, Kane County, 5 Oct 2014
• Prairie Falcon (2), Coles County, 25 Oct 2014 – 8 Feb 2015
• Mountain Bluebird, Lost Mound unit of Upper Mississippi River NWR, Jo Daviess County, 12 Dec 2012 – 23 Feb 2013
• Curve-billed Thrasher, Montrose Point in Chicago, Cook County, 18 Jun – 1 Jul 2014
• Bohemian Waxwing, Jackson Park in Chicago, Cook County, 15 Feb – 2 Mar 2015
• Black-throated Gray Warbler, Judson University, Kane County, 5-6 May 2014
• Cassin’s Sparrow, Chicago, Cook County, 8 Sep 2014
• Lark Bunting, Montrose Point in Chicago, Cook County, 17 Oct 2014
• Hoary Redpoll (2), William Powers Conservation Area in Chicago, Cook County, 6 Feb – 13 Mar 2015

Records Not Accepted

• Swainson’s Warbler, Franklin Creek State Park, Lee County, 3 May 2014

Records Accepted

• Eurasian Wigeon, Banner Marsh, Fulton County, 4-12 Apr 2014
• Barrow’s Goldeneye, West Dundee, Kane County, 15-30 Mar 2014
• Barrow’s Goldeneye, Independence Grove Forest Preserve, Lake County, 23 Mar 2014
• Neotropic Cormorant, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 8 Sep 2012
• Black Vulture (4), near Lake Springfield, Sangamon County, 21 Mar 2014
• Black Vulture, Urbana, Champaign County, 7 May 2014
• Snowy Plover, Emiquon Preserve, Fulton County, 6-7 Apr 2014
• Little Gull, Dresden Cooling Pond, Grundy County, 26 Mar 2014
• California Gull, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 29 Sep 2012
• California Gull, Rend Lake, Franklin County and Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, 15 Dec 2013 – 19 Jan 2014
• Ash-throated Flycatcher, Lincoln Land Community College, Sangamon County, 29-30 Sep 2014
• Western Kingbird X Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, American Bottoms, Monroe County, 1 Jul 2014
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve, Kane County, 12 May 2014
• Bewick’s Wren, Brown County, 28 May 2014
• Sage Thrasher, Putnam County, 18 Dec 2014 – 3 Jan 2015
• Bohemian Waxwing, Chicago Botanic Garden, Cook County, 6-9 Nov 2012
• Bohemian Waxwing, Chicago Botanic Garden, Cook County, 22-27 Dec 2012
• Townsend’s Warbler, Ewing Park, Bloomington, McLean County, 3 May 2014
• Golden-crowned Sparrow, Wayne County, 19 Oct 2012
• Western Tanager, Palos Heights, Cook County, 28 Apr – 5 May 2014
• Painted Bunting (2), East St. Louis, St. Clair County, 16-20 June 2011