Articles and Mentions in the News

2023

January 21, 2023 - WGN-TV Stories from the Heart Series - The Legacy of Monty and Rose (youtube)

2022

June 15, 2022 - Popular Science - Remembering Monty and Rose, the Chicago shorebirds that became the face of a movement

May 26, 2022 - WTTW News - Memorial for Chicago’s Piping Plovers Monty and Rose Full of Joy, Hope: ‘It Doesn’t End Here’

May 19, 2022 - National Audubon Society - A Farewell to 'Small but Mighty' Monty, the Plover Dad of Montrose Beach

April 21, 2022 - Chicago Tribune - Monty the piping plover returns to Montrose Beach for his 4th summer. Now, where’s Rose?

2021

July 10, 2021 - WTTW - Monty and Rose Welcome Fourth Plover Chick, With an Assist From Lincoln Park Zoo

July 8, 2021 - WTTW - They’ve Hatched! Monty and Rose’s New Chicks Are Here

April 27, 2021 - Chicago Tribune - Plovers bring ‘love story’ back to beach

April 26, 2021 - Chicago Tribune - Looks like piping plovers Monty and Rose have returned for their third summer at Montrose Beach

April, 2021 - Frontier Airlines adds Great Lakes Piping Plovers to the tail of planes to bring awareness to endangered species and to honor Dr. Francie Cuthbert, University of Minnesota, who leads the Great Lakes Piping Plover Research Team

4/7/2021 - Montrose Beach Natural Area Will Expand To Protect Piping Plover Nesting Grounds, Park District Says (Block Club Chicago)

4/7/2021 - More Room for Plovers as Park District OKs Expansion of Protected Montrose Dune Natural Area (WTTW)

2020

8/4/20 - Chicago Tribune: Piping plover family summered on Montrose Beach ‘like they owned the place’

7/29/20 - Chicago Tribune: Young piping plovers from Wisconsin released in Lake County to aid their southerly migration

7/12/20: Chicago Tribune: Names for Montrose Harbor’s three new piping plover chicks inspired by environmental justice, Native Americans and hope