CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — While many of us have effectively been on the do-not-fly list because of the pandemic, a former Chicago lakefront resident is said to be enjoying a warmer climate.
Nish, a Great Lakes Piping Plover, is in Florida not far from Tampa. The bird fellow plovers Hazel and Esperanza left Montrose Beach four months ago to head south just weeks after being banded.
Their parents are Monty and Rose, which first came to Montrose Beach in 2019. They are one of only about 70 pairs of Great Lakes Piping Plovers.
Hazel and Esperanza ended up in Georgia.
The Chicago Piping Plovers web page says Nish has now been spotted and photographed at least twice in Florida.
