The offical account for Chicago Piping Plover news and content. Media inquiries email piperwatch@chicagobirder.org.
Apr 18, 2025 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Our Plover Family
As we enter our seventh season with our beloved Great Lakes Piping Plovers, we reflect not only on the transitions they have had but also on our own. 1/5
Many of you have shared with us over the years the comfort the plovers have offered you through difficult times - loss of a loved one, career changes, so many transitions. 2/5
Aug 6, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Let's Talk About Wintering Ground Sightings! Alternatively, Where in the World are Chicago Piping Plovers?!
First, here's where to report your sightings: plover@umn.edu. Photographs are ideal to submit. See pix for band combos for the Montrose Beach 2024 crew (adults). 🧵 1/7
Next, why haven't we known where Imani winters after 3 years and why haven't we heard, by now, about any of our adult plovers on wintering grounds? A few points here.
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Jun 1, 2024 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
We just need a little space right now…
Just as Imani and Sea Rocket are adjusting to parenthood, so too must we adjust our reporting on Chicago Piping Plovers via our social media channels. 1/9
📸: Eden Essex (Sea Rocket and Imani, Montrose, Chicago, May 2024)
We will be sunsetting the Daily Imani, remaining eternally grateful to community members for their engagement and photo/video contributions for the last two and a half seasons. 2/9