Monty and Rose were the first piping plovers to nest in Chicago in over 60 years. After their chicks fledged, they drifted apart. Then, a few days ago, they were sighted again — at the same spot where they first met.
A Piping Plover glares at Jones Beach, Long Island, N.Y. A couple of these endangered birds have reappeared in Chicago.Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond/Getty Images
Somewhere between the roll of lake waves and the shimmer of skyscrapers overlooking the beach, Monty and Rose fledged two chicks. They protected their offspring through formative times. But then, in fulfillment of nature's plan, they parted ways, and left the chicks to make their own ways in the world.
After their chicks fledged, they drifted apart. Rose went off to Florida for the winter, and Monty made his way to the Texas coast. They'd always have the North Side, but were each on their own in a huge, fraught world. "They're both back, and it's kind of amazing!" Tamima Itani of the Illinois Ornithological Society toldLeslie Borns, the steward of the Montrose Beach Dunes, told us,"Monty and Rose survived the winter and their long migration, and returned to this one place in the world. It's so amazing."
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