Jul. 28—GLEN HAVEN — Four piping plovers rested on the beach near Glen Haven during a recent sunny afternoon, easy to miss as they sat among the pale rounded rocks. The adult among them was part of a ...

Chicago began its love affair with the Great Lakes Piping Plover in 2019, when a mated pair named Monty and Rose chose the unlikely nesting site of urban Montrose Beach to raise their chicks. Now at ...

In 1986, the Great Lakes population of piping plovers earned a distinction no species wants. These small shorebirds, which ...

Captive-reared piping plovers are making history as they guard two separate nests with eggs in Waukegan and Chicago. Three plover eggs were documented Saturday in Waukegan, and 30 miles down the Lake ...

DELAWARE - The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has announced increased nesting success in Delaware’s endangered piping plover population despite a dip in ...

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 ...

It's almost that time of year again when birders flock to Montrose Beach. The peak of migration season is a couple weeks away. But one popular bird has already made an appearance — as two piping ...

An endangered piping plover nesting at Webster State Park in Kansas has caused the swim beach to close until late June. The piping plover, a small migratory shorebird, is protected under the ...

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Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman, have long dedicated Saturday evenings throughout the summer to their “date night with the plovers.” As the birds’ monitors, they regularly don bright orange ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Give those piping plovers their privacy. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says at least five pairs of the endangered bird are nesting along the sandy shores of Hampton ...