But it was never going to last forever. Monty, one half of Chicago’s endangered Great Lakes piping plover pair, died on May 13, 2022, at Montrose Beach. It was his fourth summer in the North ...

Monty the piping plover walks along the shoreline on April 21, 2022, after returning to Montrose Harbor. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) His remains were provided to the Field Museum’s avian ...