Northern Hawk Owl records for Illinois northern Illinois September 1869, Kane County (specimen) (Dr. J. W. Velie) (BEI 8:9-12:117)       (Woodruff 1907) (Cory 1909) (Auk 47:268-269) (Ford 1956) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1978) (Mlodinow 1984) (Bohlen 1989) November 27, 1928, Chicago, Cook County (Arthur Rueckert) (Auk 47:268-269) (Bohlen 1978) (Mlodinow 1984) December 3, 1922, Chicago, Cook County (specimen - FMNH 67480) (Arthur Rueckert) (IORC 1922.001; AR) (MJIB 7:2:58)      (Auk 47:268-269) (Smith 1958, 1972) (Bohlen 1978) (Mlodinow 1984) December 27, 1967, Chicago, Cook County (Bedford Brown, Jeff Sanders) (IAB 145:29-30) January 7 - March 9, 1967, Chicago, Cook County (Bedford Brown) (IAB 141:12) (IAB 143:18) (IAB 147:6) (AFN 21:3:425) (AFN 22:5:613) February 14, 1965, Chicago, Cook County (Jim Landing) (AFN 19:384) (Bohlen 1989) April 24, 1950, Rockford, Winnebago County (Edith Van Duzer) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Smith 1972) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) April 28, 1953, Morton Arboretum, Du Page County (Marguerite Shawvan, Isabel Wasson) (Smith and Parmalee 1955)       (Smith 1972) (Swink 1976) (Bohlen 1978) (Mlodinow 1984) (Bohlen 1989) central Illinois January 1947, Clayton, Adams County (Davis) (Auk 65:456) (Smith and Parmalee 1955) (Bohlen 1978) (Bohlen 1989) Historical comments: Kennicott (1854) Catalogue of Animals Observed in Cook County, Illinois. Nelson (1876) "Rare winter visitant".

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