As 2020 winds down, it’s time to start thinking about submitting your list numbers to the Illinois Ornithological Society’s Listers Corner. State Life Lists, County Lists, Big Days, Site Lists and many, many more. Whether you submit in one category or dozens, we want them all. If you’re wondering what the categories are, simply visit IOS Listers Corner and browse away. This has been another exciting year, with state first records and other species that haven’t been found in Illinois for decades.

Need help putting your lists together? We have some list blanks that many have found helpful: 1) the 2020 Listers Corner Blank Form, for those who prefer to send in their lists via snail mail, 2) a County Ticks Excel sheet which will automatically add up your county totals by region, 3) a simple Illinois List blank form, in either Excel XLSX or PDF format, and 4) a Total Counties per Species (TCPS) Excel sheet that is the easiest way to keep track of your county lists.

You can access the above forms here.

Submission can be through the US mail or via email; whatever you prefer!

Questions? Never hesitate to send an email to me at Joe Lill.

Now, go out and get those last few species for 2020!

Joe Lill
IOS Listers Corner Committee Chair
5736 N. Avondale
Chicago, IL 60631

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Special thanks go out to the Listers Corner Committee, who compiled all the information: Joe Lill (Chair), Mike Madsen, and Jim Mountjoy and Webmaster, Greg Neise.

We’re already looking forward to seeing what transpires in 2019!

Go to 2018 Listers Corner.

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Since the American Ornithological Society (AOS) issued its 58th Supplement to its Check-list of North American Birds in which Thayer’s Gull was relegated to a subspecies of Iceland Gull, there have been a number of questions from the Illinois birding community about the handling of Thayer’s Gull with regards to list submissions. The Listers Corner Committee (with the approval of the IOS Board) will be handling the Thayer’s Gull question in this manner:

1. Thayer’s Gull will be countable for all 2017 year lists (state, county, etc.). Technically, one shouldn’t count it if it is first found after July, when the IOS Records Committee amended the official state list. See the official Illinois State List of Birds on the IOS Web site.
2. Thayer’s Gull will be countable for all Big Days and Big Months through July 2017, but not afterwards.
3. Thayer’s Gull should not be included with any submitted life lists (state, regional, county, sites, buddy, etc.). This pertains to any total submitted for inclusion in the 2017 Listers Corner.
4. The Listers Corner Committee will not be going back and vetting any lists from the past. Even though we know for certain that some birders have Thayer’s on their lists, it would be impossible to apply retroactive adjustments in any kind of equitable manner. If a birder does not submit an updated number, the number on record will not be changed.

Questions or comments? Please contact the Listers Corner Committee.

Joe Lill – IOS Listers Corner Committee Chair

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Highlights, you ask? Here are a few to whet your appetite:

• First, the 400 Club has expanded from one birder to three, as both David Johnson and Joel Greenberg attained the magic number of species seen in the state.
• Andy Sigler continues to rack up “closed-out” species; that is, species seen in every one of Illinois’ 102 counties!
• Big Years continue to be in the news, with a record-tying nine birders identifying 310 or more species during 2016.
• Local birding continues to soar in popularity, with a number of records set in the County Lists categories.

Special thanks go out to the Listers Corner Committee, who compiled all the information: Joe Lill (Chair), Mike Madsen, and Jim Mountjoy.

We’re already looking forward to seeing what transpires in 2017!

Go to 2016 Listers Corner.

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