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 ...

The tiny but mighty Great Lakes piping plover arrived on Michigan’s shorelines this week. The Great Lakes Piping Plover ...

EMPIRE, MI -- It’s the start of a moms-only vacation for the Piping Plovers leaving their nests within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. July marks the time of year when piping plover chicks ...

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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 ...

A beloved shorebird couple recently reunited at a private beach along Lake Michigan in Waukegan, completing a remarkable journey for a second consecutive year. In what ecstatic birders describe as an ...

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 ...

Birders at the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary got a rare treat last week: the appearance of a Great Lakes Piping Plover (PIPL), a threatened bird not often seen on the Texas coast. Her distinct leg ...

Following the migration of the plovers are 21 fourth-graders from Ocean City Intermediate School, who on Tuesday traveled south with their teacher and several parents to visit the beach where one pair ...

While challenges lie ahead for three piping plover chicks hatched last week along Lake Michigan in Waukegan, the kids are doing all right, dedicated observers say. That's a good sign for the comeback ...

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