New plover is identified as Searocket, one of three captive-reared chicks released at Montrose last summer.
Imani, left, a male piping plover, stands behind Searocket, thought to be a female piping plover, while raising his leg on May 22, 2024, at Montrose Beach in Chicago. There’s a new piping plover at Montrose Beach, and she has the beak coloration of a female, according to Chicago Piping Plovers.The only known surviving chick of local legends Monty and Rose, Imani has endured a series of very public disappointments in his search for a mate.in Wisconsin, and an unbanded bird that arrived Tuesday.
Before Searocket left last summer to winter in a warmer climate, she had gotten her foot tangled in a fishing line, a dangerous development. The team of volunteer piping plover monitors that watches the birds every summer attempted to capture her and remove the line, but they were unsuccessful. Searocket, a piping plover, on May 22, 2024, at Montrose Beach in Chicago. “It’s really remarkable that she was able to get rid of the fishing line,” Itani said.
Searocket is thought to be female because of a “smudged” border between the orange and black portions of her beak. In males, the border is more of a clear line.“If it’s confirmed that she’s a female, we could possibly end up having a nest, which would be thrilling,” said Itani. She asked that Chicagoans do their part by staying out of the fenced-off protected beach, which is marked with signs.Click to print He’s 15, and graduating from high school and community college. Meet the coding whiz of the Lehigh Valley
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