Chicago Sun-Times (July 17) – Three piping plover chicks died in a span of five days last week. The causes of their deaths haven’t been determined, but wildlife experts are exploring the ways the chicks could have been killed and how the surviving birds can be kept safe. “Juvenile birds have a hard time making it to adulthood in the wild,” said Matthew Allender, a wildlife veterinarian with Brookfield Chicago Zoo and University of Illinois. “But the fact that we have only one nest of piping plover chicks on Montrose Beach makes it of great interest.”
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