Arctic Tern records for Illinois

northern Illinois
May 6, 1995, Braidwood Lake, Will County (Joe Milosevich) (IORC 1995.017; JBM) (MJIB 4:4:129-134) (MJIB 4:4:140-141) (MJIB 4:4:152) (MJIB 7:2:57)
May 19 - July 31, 2001, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (Bob Hughes) (IORC 2001.020; RDH, HDB, CF, KH, DJ, SH) (MJIB 11:2:65)
     May 19, 2001, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (Bob Hughes) (MJIB 11:1:12-16) (MJIB 11:2:74)
     June 14, 2001, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (David Bohlen)
     June 23, 2001, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (Carolyn Fields - photos)
     June 27, 2001, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (Carolyn Fields - photos)
     June 29, 2001, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (Dave Johnson - photos)
May 27, 1993, Brandon Road L&D, Will County (Joe Milosevich) (IORC 1993.040; JBM, JEL, WS) (MJIB 2:4:140) (MJIB 2:4:150) (MJIB 7:2:57) (AB 47:468)
May 31 - June 2, 1997, Waukegan Municipal Beach, Lake County (David Bohlen) (IORC 1997.012; HDB, DMK, MFD, RTC, DB) (MJIB 8:2:57)
     May 31, 1997, Waukegan Beach, Lake County (David Bohlen, Dan Kassebaum) (MJIB 6:4:138) (MJIB 6:4:150)
June 3, 2000, Great Lakes NTC, Lake County (Al Stokie, Dan Williams) (IORC 2000.035; AS, DTW) (MJIB 10:2:55)
June 14-17, 1997, Waukegan Municipal Beach, Lake County (Scott Hickman) (IORC 1997.013; SH, JO, DBJ) (MJIB 8:2:57)
     June 14, 1997, Waukegan Municipal Beach, Lake County (Scott Hickman, Dave Johnson) (MJIB 6:4:138) (MJIB 6:4:150)

central Illinois
June 16, 2005, Chautauqua NWR, Mason County (Kevin Richmond) (IBET) (pending IORC review)
June 28 - July 1, 1992, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County (David Bohlen) (IORC 1992.013; HDB, VMK, TMP, JEL, DO, JBM) (MJIB 7:2:57)
     June 28, 1992, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County (David Bohlen) (MJIB 2:1:12) (MJIB 2:1:29) (AB 46:1194) (MJIB 2:4:140)
     June 29, 1992, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County (Dennis Oehmke - photos) 
     July 1, 1992, Lake Springfield, Sangamon County (David Bohlen, Joe Milosevich - photos, Dan Kassebaum, Albert Seppi - photos)

southern Illinois
September 8-9, 2007, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County (Mike Thelen)
     September 8, 2007, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County (retrospective ID) (Frank Holmes)
     September 9, 2007, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County (Mike Thelen)

Unaccepted records:
October 3, 1986, Springfield, Sangamon County (David Bohlen) (IORC 1986.178; unaccepted) (IBB 5:1:8)
     (IBB 3:2:41) (Bohlen 1989) (MJIB 2:1:12) (MJIB 2:4:140)
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