There are some new piping plovers on the street and their names are Searocket, Prickly Pear and Wild Indigo — all named after plants native to Illinois.
Joining “Chicago Tonight” to discuss the piping plovers is Armand Cann, fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“Hopefully, if there’s a female, maybe they pair up with Imani, maybe they pair up with another male but we would love to see another successful breeding pair at this beach or elsewhere in Illinois as well,” Cann said. The release of the newest birds was a joint effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Chicago Park District.
“They’ll be migrating south and we want them to leave with as much good Midwestern fat as possible,” Itani said. The Great Lakes piping plover population was listed as federally endangered in 1986. The Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Effort reported 80 breeding pairs with 61 active broods or nests, as of July 5.
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