As the birds’ monitors, they regularly don bright orange shirts and settle in at Montrose Beach to watch over Chicago’s piping plovers. “We love watching the birds, but we also love sharing ...

Piping plovers are endangered sandy-colored shore birds that are found along much of the East Coast. They’re back in Maine which means restrictions are in place along many of our beaches.

The measures are part of a broader effort to protect piping plovers, a small, sandy-colored shorebird that nests on the upper beach. The birds are listed as endangered under both state and federal ...