The popular piping plovers have returned to Montrose Beach, captivating crowds with the arrival of four new chicks.
It all began as a love story between two birds in 2019, and now their legacy continues. Great Lakes piping plovers had disappeared from Chicago 's beaches for roughly 50 years until Monty and Rose appeared five years ago.Now, their son Imani has returned to Montrose Beach to welcome his own chicks. His mate, Sea Crest, a captive-reared piping plover previously released here, recently laid four eggs that all hatched in the last 36 hours.
Tamima Itani, the lead volunteer coordinator for the Chicago Piping Plovers, has been on this journey with the plovers since she first spotted Monty and Rose."So rare that when I told people that there was a piping plover pair scraping here, they were like, 'Oh, they will never succeed here. We haven't had a pair nesting at Montrose in our lifetime.' And it was a total heartbreak when they both passed away.
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