Piping Plovers

One of Chicago’s most beloved piping plovers, Monty, has died unexpectedly, a Twitter account announced Friday.

Chicagoans have eagerly watched a pair of piping plovers successfully breed at Montrose Beach in recent years, but another sighting has thrilled birdwatchers across the city this week.

While Chicago area birdwatchers have excitedly watched a pair of piping plovers successfully breed at Montrose Beach in recent years, another sighting has thrilled wildlife experts this week.

An experienced birdwatcher has published a new children’s book that tells the story of Monty and Rose, Chicago’s well-know Piping Plover couple, including their first summer at Montrose Beach.

Officials say that a pair of endangered Great Lakes Piping Plovers have built another nest and laid a new egg, just one week after a skunk ate four of the pair’s eggs on Chicago’s Montrose Beach.

A pair of Great Lakes Piping Plovers that have captured the hearts of Chicago nature lovers by nesting each year at Montrose Beach have been dealt a setback, as a predator has apparently eaten the birds’ eggs from their nest. Officials with the Chicago Park District confirmed that the eggs were gone on Thursday, and say that steps are being…