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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 14h

It’s World Migratory Bird Day! 🦜

Migratory birds face challenges in urban landscapes. Under “Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities," discover ways you can help create a world where both birds and people can thrive.

In English, Spanish or French: mailchi.mp/a892589a3f78...

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 6d

Wonderful memories! Thank you for sharing! 🤍

wildfiretupelo.bsky.social @wildfiretupelo.bsky.social · 7d

Sharing my IG video from back in July 2023 of rescued, captive reared and released Sea Rocket, Wild Indigo and Prickly Pear, and our most precious Imani (Monty and Rose’s boy) at Montrose Beach!! Sea Rocket and Imani went on to successfully raised three chicks in 2025 !
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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 6d

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing! 🤍

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 22d

Join in 2026 Great Lakes Piping Plover breeding season prep! Will Chicago get a second nesting site in 2026? We hope so!
www.chicagobirder.org/events/2025/...

Piping Plover Cleanup — Chicago Ornithological Society

To prepare for the return of plovers to Chicago and help address some of the biggest threats to their habitat, we’re hitting the beach. Join us for a stewardship day as we tackle trash, invasive speci...

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 24d

As we close out Plover Appreciation Day with this year's theme #ploverart, celebrating Piping Plovers and the art they inspire continues. Head up to Waukegan for this special art exhibition! 🤍

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 24d

The art of photography is prominently featured on this page through the Daily Imani and beyond. We are grateful to community members for sharing their pictures with us to share with you to tell this conservation story and inspire engagement in the recovery effort.

📸: Liam Francis Shanley (Pippin)

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 24d

It comes down to us, restoring and protecting habitats our plovers need - during breeding and nonbreeding seasons and through migration. Thank you for your support and the work you do locally to help plovers thrive! 🤍 3/3

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 24d

While there is much to celebrate, the road to recovery remains long. One target is 150 nesting pairs for five consecutive years. We have work to do and we have, as we like to say, imani ("faith" in Swahili). 2/3

📸: Tamima Itani (Imani)

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 24d

Recovery is a community effort
Your endangered Great Lakes population of Piping Plovers had a record-breaking year with 88 nesting pairs. 1/3

🖼️: Julie Young (a beautiful painting of Imani, reference photo credit to Plovermother Tamima Itani) #ploverart #PloverAppreciationDay

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

When Sarah Freeman's daughter Caitlin set her June wedding date, mom went to work creating the MOST fantastic wedding cake toppers in stained glass, recognizing the bride's favorite animal is the Piping Plover. 🤍 So beautiful!

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

"A few years ago I was doing a 'scavenger hunt' and one of the tasks was to create an endangered species artwork using only edible things. Here is my Piping Plover made out of seeds, nuts, and peanut skins."
~ Your Chicago Piping Plover Monitor 🧡 Pam Litchfield Carmona
#ploverart

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

Yes!!!

Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

Imani was still a bachelor, sharing his beach with an unbanded male Piping Plover when, one day, an unbanded female Piping Plover touched down, generating much excitement! 2/2

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

Art serves as powerful historical record. This beautiful painting [reference photo credit to Wild Birds Unlimited] by Anne Essex, mother of one of your Chicago Piping Plover Monitors 🧡, takes us back to the Summer of 2023. 1/2 #PloverAppreciationDay #ploverart

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

Epic news! Aster, the 2025 Waukegan chick of Blaze and Pepper, has been sighted on wintering grounds! 🤍🟡

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations! 🤍🟡

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

"I took my graduate researcher Collett to Montrose Beach to watch the plover chicks grow up this summer. She's a scientist and an artist. She made this cute little water color painting of one of the chicks when they were teenagers. 😊 I love it so much. ❤️❤️❤️"
~ Tirzah Abbott
#ploverart

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

As we continue Plover Appreciation Day celebrations with the theme #ploverart, here's a closer look at Sophie Lucido Johnson's lovely painting (reference photo credit to Phil Stosberg), which was recently gifted to Plovermother Tamima Itani by your Chicago Piping Plover Monitor 🧡 Kat.

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

We are loving this year's theme for Plover Appreciation Day, #ploverart. Your Chicago Piping Plover Monitor 🧡 Brenda Janish made these sweet treats for the monitor season-end bash. She had the mold made and decorated the cookies - perfection! 🤍

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 25d

Happy Plover Appreciation Day!
Art/artists have a powerful role in conservation, evoking strong feelings and generating discussion.

To kick off our celebration of Plover Appreciation Day w/ this year's theme #ploverart, enjoy this enchanting drawing by your Chicago PIPL Monitor 🧡 Glenna Anderson.

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Beach-nesting Birds @birdlifehoodie.bsky.social · 25d

Today is the big day - Happy #PloverAppreciationDay ! We're excited to share submissions to our student art competition and some of the art from our talented coastal communities. Stay tuned for our announcement of winners at 5pm AEST later this evening! #PAD2025

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Beach-nesting Birds @birdlifehoodie.bsky.social · 25d

Art murals and sculptures play such a powerful role in communicating local conservation issues – especially when placed in coastal towns with high numbers of visitors! Unlike the secretive and well-camouflaged Hoodie nests and chicks, you really can't miss these striking artworks. #PAD2025

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 26d

RSVP (optional) here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Montrose Dunes Stewardship RSVP

Date: 09/20/25 Event Address: 200 W Montrose Harbor Dr (east of Kayak Chicago) Join anytime between 9 AM to noon at the rock wall east of the beach house Equipment and instruction provided. Dress for...

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 26d

Montrose Dunes Stewardship Workday: This Saturday, September 20

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you for your support and following along this season. Onward to 2026! 🤍
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Pictured: Carolyn Lueck, Sharing Our Shore-Waukegan Monitor, and Daniel Eastman, Chicago Piping Plover Monitor at the Urban Birding Festival

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