Boreal Owl records for Illinois northern Illinois October 15, 1884, Rockford, Winnebago County (specimen) (J. E. Dickinson) (Ornithologist and Oologist 10:47, March 1885)       (Auk 20:305) (Woodruff 1907) (Cory 1909) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) December 1902, Cicero, Cook County (specimen) (Frederick Pierce) (Auk 20:433-434) (Auk 31:536) (Woodruff 1907) (Cory 1909)      (Ford, Sanborn and Coursen 1934) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Ford 1956) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Mlodinow 1984) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) December 26, 1902, Kenilworth, Cook County (specimen) (Louis Van Schaack) (Auk 20:305) (Woodruff 1907) (Cory 1909)      (Ford, Sanborn and Coursen 1934) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Ford 1956) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1978) (Mlodinow 1984) (Bohlen 1989) January 1887, Sycamore, De Kalb County (L. E. Wyman) (Auk 32:101) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) February 9, 1997, Rockford, Winnebago County (Marian Doyle) (IORC 1997; MD, BG, RM, MR, FS) (MJIB 6:86) (MJIB 8:2:57) (FN 51:756) March 15, 1914, Chicago, Cook County (specimen - CAS 15083) (Henry Coale) (IORC 1914.001) (MJIB 7:2:58)      (Auk 31:536) (Ford, Sanborn and Coursen 1934) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Ford 1956) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1978) (Mlodinow 1984) (Bohlen 1989) Other records: November 1977, Michael Reese Hospital, Cook County (fide Larry Balch) (Mlodinow 1984) (Bohlen 1989) December 24, 1967, Fox River Heights, Kane County (withdrawn by observers) (Jeff Sanders, Ira Sanders, Scott Alberts) (IAB 146:27) (IAB 161:36)

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