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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Great Lakes piping plovers at Montrose Beach are expanding their flock! The Chicago Park Districted announced Thursday that Monty and Rose, a pair of endangered birds, have ...

Birders, biologists, conservationists and those who happened to be swept up in the tale of two little birds gathered this week at Montrose Beach to mark the end of one story — while another was just ...

The latest round of Monty and Rose’s chicks has been a full success — with an assist from the Lincoln Park Zoo. The final of four eggs laid by the two endangered Great Lakes piping plovers, who became ...