They’ve long been a friend of our family!

A wonderful story about the history of our kind in the Great Lakes. I am proud of this avatar's role as media relations liaison in 2019 and beating back Mamby at the lake in 2019. drive.google.com/file/d/1XCdThY…

Remembering Nish on His Hatch Day By Mandy Roberts, OH PIPL Monitor 🧡 Monty & Rose, hatched 4 eggs on June 18, 2020 at Montrose. One of those precious plovers, Nish, went on to make history in Ohio in 2021. Read the full post: instagram.com/p/DLCwPkqPWNJ/… 📸: Mandy Roberts (Nish)

Closed since 1981, the Uptown Theatre turns 100 years old in August. To mark the occasion, CityFiles Press is publishing "The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace," which I co-authored with James A. Pierce. Preorder for $40 here: cityfilespress.com/books/the-upto…

That’s the way it’s done!

We are too!

Yes

A happy update on Pebble, one of Ontario’s 2023 chicks who nested at Darlington Provincial Park in 2024 🐣 When Pebble made a stop along the south shore of Lake Erie, she met a first-year male plover from Tawas Point State Park. It was love at first sight!

Thank you!

Warms my heart!

Baby plovers abound!

Such wonderful news! audubon.org/magazine/after…

BREAKING: Jaw-dropping report reveals that Donald Trump has cost the American economy at least $29 billion as millions of international travelers avoid the United States due to Trump’s fascist policies.

Love love this!!

cutie pie!

I try to avoid the 'el' at all costs - but it is a good name!

We are shaped a little bit like the bean!

Love you guys! Happy travels when you get started!

Fall migration is underway! The bittersweet moment when adults and new fledglings set off on their journeys southward! Again, if you see shorebird flocks at the edge of the water, please walk around groups of birds — and not through them …

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.