Jason Steger/Chicago Park District Subscribe to Block Club Chicago. These Extremely Rare Great Lakes Piping Plovers Have Nested At Montrose Beach — And They Seem To Love It – Block Club Chicago. The Great Lakes piping plover population, once down to less than 20 pairs, has rebounded thanks to recovery efforts and there are now about 70 breeding pairs. A cage is erected around Monty and Rose’s nest in the natural preserve at Montrose Beach. When Monty and Rose, two Great Lakes Piping Plovers, chose to nest at Montrose Beach, it captivated bird lovers across Chicago. After winter apart, piping plovers Monty and Rose reunite at Montrose Beach Their timing is impeccable. The American Birding Podcast brings together staff and friends of the American Birding Association as we talk about birds, birding, travel and conservation in North America and beyond. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Please join us today at the Plant Chicago's Farmers Market. After winter apart, piping plovers Monty and Rose reunite at Montrose Beach (Chicago Tribune) They're Back! For Dolgan, the story of the Great Lakes piping plovers — a federally protected species with only 71 known mating pairs — started in January, well before Monty and Rose chose Montrose Beach to fledge their young. Her male partner is named Monty. A Chicago Park District worker spotted the piping plovers …
Rose and Monty, the piping plovers who ended an EDM festival Fifteen-day-old Piping Plover chicks. MONTROSE BEACH — Good news for bird lovers: the pair of endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover chicks are thriving. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago . Block Club Chicago: Piping Plovers Return To Montrose Beach — And Lakefront Closure Could Mean More Chicks ; Biodiversity and conservation. The sighting is evidence the migratory birds may once again try to nest at the Far North Side park — one year after two piping plovers, Monty and Rose, successfully nested in the city for the first time in decades. This year we have a sweet photo from yesterday of our Papa PiPl snuggling all three chicks, not just one chick as was the case last year on Father’s Day. Tamima Itani. They have likely both left the beach to fly south. For the first time since 1955, Chicago has successfully fledged two piping plover chicks. ‘Magical’ Piping Plover Summer Has Come To An End As Last Remaining Chick Leaves Montrose Beach. A pair hadn’t been seen in the area for decades and there are only around 70 known mating pairs in existence. (Chicago Ornithological Society blog) Monty And Rose, Chicago’s Piping Plover Pair, Return To Montrose Beach For Second Year (Block Club Chicago) Block Club Chicago is a nonprofit, digital-first news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, nonpartisan and essential coverage of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods. Join host Nate Swick every Thursday for news and happenings, recent rarities, guests from around the birding world,… This female Piping Plover has been named Rose.
Updated list of local resources from Block Club Chicago; please help get out the word. Get Outside Already! There are at least two efforts underway to restore the American Chestnut to eastern forests: one using hybridization and the other using genetic engineering. The law, signed by President Richard Nixon in 1973, has been credited with helping prevent the extinction of more than 220 species, including bald eagles, grizzly bears and humpback whales. The Great Lakes piping plover population, once down to less than twenty pairs, has grown to around 70 breeding pairs thanks to recovery efforts. Block Club Chicago . Last year I posted a similarly titled post, Happy Father’s Day!Brought to You By Papa Plover,with a photo of Papa PiPl snuggling our one remaining chick, Pip. In January, there was a piping plover spotted in Chicago, well after it should have flown south for the sinter. Updated list of local resources from Block ... the rare piping plovers who made a nest and raised a family at Montrose Harbor ... growing, producing, and/or sourcing a variety of food products, while working toward closing loops of waste and energy. The rare pair are nesting at Montrose Beach. The Plover chicks are nearly as big as their father.