National Catholic Reporter

More than a day at the beach: Piping plover volunteers work to save a species

Brooklynite Marisa Wohl worked in finance and is used to telling people what they don't want to hear. That trait helps her as a NYC Plover Project volunteer, keeping New York beachgoers away from ...
Detroit Free Press

Gabby, a 14-year-old bird, is crucial to survival of piping plovers in Michigan

At 14, Of,gb:X,Y — better known as Gabby — is the oldest living Great Lakes piping plover, an endangered, migratory bird that recently flew to the Sleeping Bear Dunes to reproduce. She is being ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Know a single, female piping plover? Imani would like to meet her

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Rare bird spotted at Kansas state park results in partial beach shutdown

Wildlife officials are giving a rare bird space after it decided to make a nest at a Kansas state park. The Kansas Department ...
WKAR

Great Lakes piping plover chicks this year are hopeful sign for the endangered bird

Newly hatched chicks from birds on the Endangered Species List are running up and down a handful of beaches in the Great Lakes region. The population is recovering from near extinction, but they’re ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Wildlife experts are investigating why piping plover chicks are dying

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ABC 7 Chicago

3 more piping plover bird eggs laid at Chicago's Montrose Beach

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More piping plover eggs have been found at a North Side beach in Chicago, giving even more hope for the endangered bird species. It was a happy Father's Day Sunday for Chicago's ...
Traverse City Record-Eagle

Rosé for the birds: Pink Plover wine to power funds for endangered shorebird

NORTHPORT — Piping plovers breed along pebbled Great Lake shores from April to August. Dune Bird Winery launches "A Pour for the Plovers" Pink Plover Rosé from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 1 at the winery ...
Colorado Public Radio

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, a tiny town on Colorado’s eastern plains welcomes visitors to see the ‘ghost of the prairie’

The Mountain Plover Festival takes place each spring in Karval, Colorado, about 65 miles east of Colorado Springs. Dan Merewether with the Karval Community Alliance refers to the six or seven-inch ...
Los Angeles Times

Snowy plovers, already a threatened bird, are caught up in Orange County oil spill

Life was never easy for the Pacific Coast’s western snowy plover. The small, gray-feathered, white-bellied shorebirds that spend summers nesting on the sandy beaches of Orange County are masters of ...

Brown pelican sightings in NYC could mean the southern birds are here to stay, according to scientists

A surge of rare pelican sightings in New York City raises the possibility the southern birds may start calling the area home.