Piping Plover Chicks Hatch at Montrose Beach

Piping plover boom: Total of six chicks hatch at Montrose Beach and Waukegan

One of Chicago’s most famous families just welcomed three new hatchlings. Piping plovers Imani and Searocket, who live in a protected nesting area on Montrose Beach, hatched three chicks last week, marking a crucial boost to Chicago’s piping plover population. Volunteers with the Chicago Piping Plovers, a group that helps monitor and track the endangered seabirds, first spotted that one of the eggs hatched early Friday morning. By 6 a.m., the se…

Eggs-tra, Eggs-tra! Piping Plover Chicks Hatch at Montrose Beach

Three eggs of piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket hatched as of Friday at Montrose Beach, according to monitoring group Chicago Piping Plovers.

Searocket and Imani welcome 3 more piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach

Chicago’s piping plover family has once again gotten bigger.On Friday, three of Searocket and Imani’s eggs hatched, two before 6 a.m and another mid-morning, according to Tamima Itani, lead plover monitor at Montrose Beach. A fourth egg didn’t hatch and is no longer viable due to the extreme heat, Itani said.Monitors have seen the chicks running across the beach and darting between spots of shade as visitors have been braving the heat to glimpse…

3 Piping Plover Chicks Hatch At Montrose Beach

UPTOWN — Piping plover parents Imani and Sea Rocket have successfully hatched chicks on Montrose Beach for the second straight summer, volunteers announced. Three Great Lakes piping plover eggs hatched Friday at the protected natural area at Montrose Beach, volunteer group Chicago Piping Plovers announced that day. The fourth egg in the nest that was spotted last month was determined to be non-viable by volunteers on Saturday. But by then, the t…

Piping Plover chicks hatch at Montrose Beach

CHICAGO (WGN) - A Piping Plover plan has hatched at Montrose Beach. "They're called Piping Plovers for a reason," birder and photographer Phil Stosberg said. "Just hearing their little sounds is really exciting." Three chicks came out of their shells on Friday, the progeny of Piping Plover power couple father, Imani, and mother, Sea Rocket. "There's always that moment when you first see a Piping Plover and then when you first see a Piping Plover…

Searocket and Imani welcome 3 more piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach – Usa news

Chicago’s piping plover family has once again gotten bigger. 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 fourth egg didn’t hatch and is no longer viable due to the extreme heat, Itani said. Monitors have seen the chicks running across the beach and darting between spots of shade as visitors have been braving the heat to glimps…