Imani hatched at Montrose in 2021 to Chicago’s most beloved Piping Plover pair Monty and Rose. Read about his visits back to Montrose in the following years.
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Commemoration, T. Itani, May 13, 2022
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The tributes and reactions have been pouring in about what Monty, Rose and their little ones have meant to the volunteers and community. Here are a few randomly collected ones from social media (or direct email) that illustrate the positive impact our little Piping Plovers have had on many lives.
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Monty and Rose have created a tremendous legacy for Chicago and all Great Lakes Piping Plovers. They were “The Little Plovers That Could.” Read their story here, from their early beginnings, until Monty’s untimely passing on May 13, 2002, and celebrate their lives with us.
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To great excitement of an entire community, Monty returns to Montrose.
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Tamima Itani reflects on a recent visit to Rose’s winter home in Florida, including the differences and similarities to Rose’s summer home in Chicago.
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Imani hangs out at the Dog Beach. Siewka demonstrates raptor avoidance skills. And Monty departs.
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This has been a season of challenges for Monty and Rose. Imani and Siewka make it all worthwhile.
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Monty and Rose’s chicks hatched in 2021 were named during a live event at Montrose on July 330, 2021.
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In the past few days there has been a lot of changes with the Montrose plover family, some expected, and some that we were hoping to avoid.
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It’s time! On Friday, July 30 at 5pm, the public is invited to tune in to Facebook live and celebrate the name reveal of the two endangered piping plover chicks that hatched and were successfully raised on Montrose Beach this summer.
Names for the chicks were solicited from Chicagoland residents and then selected from the submissions by a committee, with the goal of representing Chicago’s diversity.
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Today, a team of biologists from the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team (GLPIPL) placed color bands on the four piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach Dunes. The color bands will identify the birds as Great Lakes Piping Plovers and as Monty and Rose’s Montrose chicks.
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A new adult Piping Plover appears at Montrose for a total of seven endangered Great Lakes Piping Plovers at Chicago beach in another win for habitat restoration and conservation.
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When the fourth egg in Rose and Monty’s 2021 second clutch does not hatch and the parents cease incubation, the decision is made to take it to the Lincoln Park Zoo and incubate it there. What happens next is the most heart-warming story.
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The Lincoln Park Zoo releases 4th chick to the care of Monty and Rose
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On behalf of Chicago’s beloved Monty and Rose, we are proud to announce the hatching of their 2021 chicks. Just before 2:00 pm on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, a tiny fuzzy chick was glimpsed in the nest, confirmed again minutes later. At 3:15 pm, Rose carried an eggshell fragment away from the nest, thus announcing the arrival of a second chick.
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The Chicago Piping Plovers rely on volunteers to monitor and protect our vulnerable and endangered visitors.
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The surveillance camera has revealed 4 eggs on Rose and Monty's second nest. What a champ our Rose is!
This means that incubation has started. Monty and Rose will stay on the nest continuously now, until (we hope) the chicks are hatched.
Read MoreWe personally find it incredible that these birds come back to Montrose Beach of all places. When we first heard that Monty and Rose were back at Montrose this year, a smile lit up on our faces. The true beauty of these birds and how, year after year, they come back to the same place to breed.
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