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Chicago has 3 new piping plovers in Montrose: meet Searocket, Prickly Pear and Wild Indigo

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Armand Cann, a fish and wildlife biologist with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, left, and Brad Semel, a species recovery specialist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, walk along a protected site in Montrose Beach before the release of three plovers on July 12, 2023. (Eunice Alpasan/WTTW News)

Video:Joining Chicago tonight to discuss piping ploversis Armand Cann, fish and wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. (Produced by Acacia Hernndez) Imani, a Chicago-based plover, spent the summer alone on Montrose Beach. Now, the city’s population of the endangered bird has increased thanks to three new residents. Three plover chicks were released … Read more