The Great Lakes piping plover population, which reached an all-time low of 13 pairs in the 1980s, has rebounded to around 70 breeding pairs thanks to recent conservation efforts.
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Chicago’s lovebird has returned. Imani, son of the city’s cherished piping plovers Monty and Rose, returned to the sands of Lake Michigan on Thursday. Around 5:30 a.m., a birder spotted him at the Montrose Beach Dunes, a 15.9-acre protected natural area at the southernmost point of the beach. Last summer, Imani also returned to the beach on April 25. Tamima Itani, lead volunteer coordinator .
Some people are concerned about what they say are deteriorating conditions at the high-quality habitat where the endangered plovers Monty and Rose raised their three successive broods of chicks between 2019 and 2021.