Piping plover eggs found at Montrose Beach dunes
Courtesy of the Chicago Park District
CHICAGO - The Chicago Park District announced Thursday three piping plover eggs have been spotted at Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area.
The site has been host to Monty and Rose, a pair of Great Lakes piping plovers, who are spending their third summer together along the lakeshore.
Piping plover eggs usually hatch in about a month, the park district said in a statement.
Park workers put a wired enclosure around the nest to keep predators out but will allow Monty and Rose to incubate the eggs.
Monty and Rose fledged three chicks last summer and two chicks in 2019.
Piping plovers Monty and Rose return – again – to Montrose Beach
For the third straight year, two endangered piping plovers reunited at Montrose Beach to a crowd of bird enthusiasts, armed with cameras.
Courtesy of the Chicago Park District