Meet Searocket, Wild Indigo and Prickly Pear: The first captive-reared piping plover chicks released in Chicago
, who calls the beach home and is protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Park District and volunteers from the Chicago Ornithological Society, the Chicago Audubon Society and the Illinois Ornithological Society.The piping plovers will migrate south for the winter. “One of the things we know about captive-reared piping plovers is that 70% of them will come back to the location where they were released,” she added.
The names of the chicks were inspired by the native plants of the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area, according to local birding and conservation organizations. Experts say it’s a sign of a healthy ecosystem when native plants like sea rockets, blue wild indigo and prickly pear cactuses are thriving.
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