Piping Plover females are the first to leave the Great Lakes and head south, leaving dad to finish raising the chicks.

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen ...

One of the oldest piping plovers at the park, "Gabby" now has raised 37 chicks to flight. She soon will return to Georgia for ...

Gabby, the oldest Great Lakes piping plover, had two new chicks at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. One of the new chicks is pictured here.

At 16 years old, the Great Lakes piping plover, officially designated "Of,gb:X,Y," is the oldest ever recorded for the lakeshore's endangered piping plover population.

At 16 years old, the Great Lakes piping plover, officially designated "Of,gb:X,Y," is the oldest ever recorded for the lakeshore's endangered piping plover population.

Some of the hottest chicks on Montrose Beach are now named El, Bean and Ferris. Why it matters: The monikers for this third ...

But, with Montrose Beach acting as a haven, the piping plover population rebounded in 2019. They are still considered endangered, and it’s considered a success in the Great Lakes if 1.6 chicks ...

by 1986, there were only about a dozen piping plover pairs left in the Great Lakes. The future looked so bleak for our feathered friends. They were officially added to the endangered species list.

On Friday, three of Searocket and Imani’s eggs hatched, two before 6 a.m and another midmorning, according to Tamima Itani, lead plover monitor at Montrose Beach.

A small endangered bird is bouncing back big-time in the Chicago area after a dramatic rise in the number of breeding pairs. As WTTW News reported, the number of piping plovers in the area has ...