IORC Web Resources and Review Files

These web pages make electronically available a variety of information related to the work of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC). The section regarding documentation of bird records represents a portion of the IORC archives. The archival material includes items sent to IORC (mostly written documentation and physical evidence in the form of photographs, videos, and sound recordings, but also a few other items) plus also the evaluatory votes and comments of IORC members. The web pages from 2011 to the present are essentially complete with respect to the documentary materials. IORC's practice now is to provide here all votes and comments going forward; however, these are not now available in all cases.

Each year's listing of records includes for all records the serial number, species or form, county, first and last date of observation, and status of the record. Where this or other information on these web pages differs from that in published IORC reports, the latter represent the official record.

IORC is making all this material web-accessible, and hence readily available, to inform better the birding public about IORC's work and to facilitate access to at least part of its archives. IORC hopes that this material's availability will encourage the submission of documentation of rare and unusual birds in Illinois, will help to improve the understanding of the documentation and review process, and will by example help to improve the quality of submitted documentary materials.

Question, suggestions, and corrections may be directed via email to the IORC Secretary, Geoff Williamson, at iorcommittee <at> gmail <dot> com.

Resources

IORC By-Laws (as amended 19 Mar 2022)
IORC Review List (as updated 14 Jan 2024)
Web-accessible database of IORC records published in IORC reports #1 through #22 [the database does not have full functionality at this time, but many useful queries of the database are possible]
IORC web page on the Illinois Ornithological Society web site
Archive of Dan Kassebaum's listing of published references to review list species.
IORC References. This link leads to a page where various references such as identification articles will be listed. Where possible, hyperlinks to the articles will be provided.
Illinois County Map showing the Northern, Central, and Southern tiers of counties.

Documentation and other information regarding bird records
(organized by year)

2021	2022	2023	2024
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950
1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940
1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930
1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920
1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900
1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890
1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880
1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860

IORC Membership

Geoff Williamson (Secretary, 2024)
Nathan Goldberg (1st term member, 2024 - 2026)
Steve Huggins (1st term member, 2023 - 2025)
Davida Kalina (2nd term member, 2022 - 2024, Vice-Secretary 2024)
Terry Walsh (2nd term member, 2024 - 2026)
Kyle Wiktor (1st term member, 2022 - 2024)
Dan Williams (1st term member, 2023 - 2025)
Bob Fisher (alternate)
Bob Hughes (alternate)
Walter Marcisz (alternate)
Adam Sell (alternate)
Doug Stotz (alternate)
Paul Sweet (alternate)
Mike Ward (alternate)

Minutes of IORC meetings

Secretary's Reports

This page was last updated on 20 January 2024