IORC Update, 8 October 2022: Records Reviewed

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The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) recently concluded evaluations of 21 records of the occurrence of rare birds in Illinois. IORC accepted 14 of these records and did not accept the other seven.

The records involved are summarized below. For each record, we indicate the species or form, with number of individuals in parentheses if greater than one, followed by date or date range, location, and county. The record number is indicated in parentheses, followed by, for accepted records, names of the documenters. If multiple documenters are listed, those understood by IORC to have been the original finders of the bird(s) are listed first and separated from the others by a semicolon. IORC thanks all the documenters, for accepted and unaccepted records alike, for their submissions. All documentation is maintained in the IORC archives so that there is a permanent record of all these observations. Documentation, regardless of the Committee’s decision, is a valuable part of the record of bird life in Illinois.

Records Accepted

  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck (5), 1 May 2022, Lake Charleston, Coles County (2022-033; Ron Bradley; Cary Hillegonds, Craig Taylor).
  • Eurasian Wigeon, 23 March to 21 April 2022, Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve, Lake County (2022-031; Beau Schaefer; Stephen Hurst).
  • Limpkin, 23 May 2022, Horseshoe Lake State Park, Madison County (2022-035; Mark Feldworth).
  • Snowy Plover, 21 April 2022, northwest of Gorham, Jackson County (2022-039; Keith McMullen; Rhonda Rothrock).
  • Gyrfalcon, 23-24 March 2022, east of Monticello, Piatt County (2022-017; Alex Lowe-Massi; Mike Avara, Tara Beveroth, Jim Herkert, Michael Ward).
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher, 9-12 May 2022, Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County (2022-032; Miriam Bauer; Woody Goss, Ryan Jones, Sean Kennedy).
  • Say’s Phoebe, 18-22 April 2022, Loyola Park, Chicago, Cook County (2022-037; Scott Judd; Jeff Bilsky).
  • Say’s Phoebe, 19-20 April 2022, Park No. 566 and Rainbow Beach, Chicago, Cook County (2022-038; Dan Lory; Wei Lu).
  • Townsend’s Solitaire, 18 July 2022, Montrose Point in Chicago’s Lincoln Park, Cook County (2022-045; Mark Kolasa).
  • Evening Grosbeak, 10 January 2021, Rockford, Winnebago County (2021-121; Rebecca Davidson).
  • Evening Grosbeak (up to 7), 14-21 February 2021, Derby, Gallatin County (2021-120; Lois Huddlestun).
  • White-winged Crossbill (4 to 6), 8-9 May 2022, Naperville, DuPage County (2022-046; Hazem Alkhan).
  • Lark Bunting, 12 May 2022, Park No. 566, Chicago, Cook County (2022-034; Dan Lory).
  • Ovenbird, 10 November to 3 December 2021, University of Illinois, Chicago campus, Chicago, Cook County (2021-123; Hazem Alkhan).

Records Not Accepted

  • Cinnamon Teal, 27-28 September 2020, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County (2020-118).
  • Parasitic Jaeger, 10 September 2020, Park No. 566, Chicago, Cook County (2020-134).
  • Say’s Phoebe, 18 October 2019, Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Chicago, Cook County (2019-091).
  • Swainson’s Warbler, 8 May 2021, Sexton Creek, Alexander County (2021-116).
  • Palm Warbler (Yellow), 22 March 2021, Limestone, Kankakee County (2021-095).
  • Townsend’s x Black-throated Green Warbler (hybrid), 14 May 2019, Washington Park, Chicago, Cook County (2019-087).
  • Painted Bunting, 16 May 2022, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Will County (2022-036).
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