CHICAGO (WGN) – A Piping Plover plan has hatched at Montrose Beach. “They’re called Piping Plovers for a reason,” birder and photographer Phil Stosberg said. “Just hearing their little sounds is ...

An adorable pair of the migratory birds known as piping plovers captured Chicago’s collective heart during the summer of 2019. Named Monty and Rose in honor of their nesting location — Montrose Beach ...

EMPIRE, MI – Endangered Great Lakes piping plovers will probably die this year in Michigan because of hiring struggles and spending limits at national parks, conservation experts warn. A retired ...

Pepper and Blaze — the captive-reared, federally endangered piping plover chicks released on a Lake County beach in 2023 — are back in Waukegan for the second year as breeding adults and the pair is ...

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This story has been updated. The stars of the shoreline are starting their summer debut. Piping Plover nests along the Great Lakes welcomed new chicks this month. As of the morning of Friday, June 6, ...

Duxbury Beach Reservation caters to two kinds of visitors: the winged and wingless. There are the human visitors who are itching to drive onto the beach with oversand permits and soak in the summer ...

A 16-year-old piping plover, known as Gabby, has hatched two more chicks at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, bringing her lifetime total to 37. Gabby, officially designated "Of,gb:X,Y," is the oldest ...