WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WAUKEGAN PIPING PLOVERS?
The pair of Piping Plovers that nested at Waukegan Beach in 2018 relocated to Montrose Beach in Chicago in 2019 and were named Monty and Rose. Although they spent the winter apart in Texas (Monty) and Florida (Rose), Monty and Rose returned to Montrose Beach from 2019-2021 to nest and have successfully fledged several chicks. Sadly, Rose did not return and Monty died of a respiratory ailment at the Montrose Harbor beach in spring of 2022.