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May 2025

Birding legends took on the House Sparrow
The first order of business for a pre-eminent ornithology organization: dealing with a most persistent opponent.
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Sea Rocket makes a landing
Plovers now paired again in Chicago and Waukegan.
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A different kind of bird guide
Angelia Kumlien Main carved her own path with the charming Bird Companions.
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Chicago's lakefront: Forever open, clear and free?
It hasn't always been the case, but a conservation group launches an effort to protect this precious green space.
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Piping Plover site has personal meaning
Mikayla Erickson is working to make Wisconsin Point a future breeding locale.
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April 2025

For peat's sake: where 36 warblers are headed
Many are en route to the untouched reaches of Canada's Boreal Forest, North America's Bird Nursery.
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Dispatch from a brackish pond
Also, more on the early return of Pippin the Piping Plover—and now Imani.
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TWiB Notes: A goose at Wrigley, first plovers, lakefront tour, and a tasty ale
Plovers in Ontario, Michigan, and Chicago are a welcome surprise.
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Great expectations: Piping Plovers stir high hopes
The Great Lakes Piping Plover preview edition.
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Happy April Fools' Day
A reminder that today is a day when we celebrate pranks, tall tales, and practical jokes.
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