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

This spring and summer, 150 piping plover chicks were fledged in the wild at dozens of nesting sites along the Great Lakes shoreline - a huge step for this small federally-endangered bird.

A tattoo of Rose, an endangered Great Lakes piping plover, is inked on the leg of Dori Levine, a volunteer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as she observes Rose and her mate, Monty, with ...

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

The Great Lakes piping plover was on the verge of extinction when it was added to the endangered species list in 1985. At one point, the population was estimated between 12 and 17 nesting pairs.

Protecting the plovers. Though a Great Lakes piping plover is small enough to rest in the palm of your hand, they are facing huge threats in the wild.

The Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team says one of the birds they track has survived another year migrating between Michigan and Florida despite suffering a broken leg.

The Great Lakes population of piping plovers was listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act on January 10, 1986. The Great Lakes population had declined from a historic size of ...

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.

GREEN BAY (WLUK) – For the first time in the state of Wisconsin, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers. On July 17, four 28-day-old chicks ...

Piping plovers had disappeared from Illinois beaches in the 1950’s, according to officials. They made a return to the area in 2015, and in 2019, Montrose Beach fledged chicks for the first time ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It was a banner year for the Great Lakes piping plover. Audubon Great Lakes reports 150 chicks have survived the fledgling process, the largest number since the bird ...