The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen ...

Piping Plover females are the first to leave the Great Lakes and head south, leaving dad to finish raising the chicks.

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One of the oldest piping plovers at the park, "Gabby" now has raised 37 chicks to flight. She soon will return to Georgia for winter.

At 16 years old, the Great Lakes piping plover, officially designated "Of,gb:X,Y," is the oldest ever recorded for the lakeshore's endangered piping plover population.

Piping Plover fledgling Piping Plovers are federally designated endangered species that nest on Connecticut beaches in spring and summer.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stands by its prediction that the water levels in the Great Lakes will continue to rise during summer months.

Gabby, the oldest Great Lakes piping plover, had two new chicks at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. One of the new chicks is pictured here.