Long-billed Curlew records for Illinois northern Illinois spring 1873, Calumet Marshes, Cook County (breeding) (Edward Nelson) (BEI 8:9-12:130) (Woodruff 1907) (Cory 1909)      (Ford, Sanborn and Coursen 1934) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1989) June 18, 1922, Beach, Lake County (Ford, Sanborn and Coursen 1934) (Ford 1956) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1989) July 1889, Lemont, Cook County (specimen - ISM 604305) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) September 22, 1889, Lake Calumet, Cook County (3 specimens) (Auk 34:86) (Auk 38:110)       (Ford, Sanborn and Coursen 1934) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1989) October 1952, Waukegan Beach, Lake County (F. C. Whitehead) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) October 13, 1885, Fernwood, Cook County (Cooke 1888) (Bohlen 1989) circa 1890, Port Byron, Whiteside County (specimen) (J. J. Schafer) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) circa 1907, Woodlawn Park, Cook County (pair) (J. Grafton Parker) (Woodruff 1907) central Illinois April 2-3, 1985, Meredosia, Morgan County (Kent Jones) (IORC 1985.058; KJ, DO, RQR) (IBB 1:3:61) (IBB 1:4:82) (IBB 4:3:59) (Bohlen 1989) April 20-24, 1962, Villa Grove, Douglas County (photos - ISM) (H. W. Norton, W. D. Zehr, Richard Graber) (AFN 16:419) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) April 21, 1963, Camargo, Douglas County (Phil Norton) (AFN 17:408) (Bohlen 1989) circa 1870, Peoria area (Frederick Brendel) (Brendel 1870) (MJIB 5:1:18-19) circa 1892, Tazewell County (William Loucks) (Loucks 1892) (Bohlen 1989) Historical comments: Kennicott (1854) "Abundant on the large prairies in the middle of the state ... known to breed in Cook County". Nelson (1876) "Formerly very abundant during the migrations, and a common summer resident. Now rather uncommon  in the migrations and a very rare summer resident. A pair nested on the Calumet marshes in spring of 1873.  More numerous on the large marshes in central Illinois. Arrives the last of April and departs in October". Ridgway (1881) "Transient in most localities. Formerly bred throughout the state in suitable localities,  and still does so in the central and northern districts. Occasionally winters in the extreme southern counties." Cooke (1888) "Occasionally found in winter in southern Illinois". Cory (1909) "Once a common migrant in Illinois and Wisconsin, but is now rather rare".

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