A piping plover is on the mend following a collaborative effort between the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An endangered bird chick was killed by a hawk at a Chicago beach, a local bird monitoring group announced.

Ferris, one of three Great Lakes Piping Plover chicks that Chicagoans helped name in July, was attacked by a Red-tailed Hawk ...

A Plover chick was recently freed from a clam shell by Skywatch Bird Rescue. The chick was brought in to Skywatch Bird Rescue ...

A piping plover monitor looks out for piping plovers at Montrose Beach on July 12. These volunteers keep watch over the health of the birds and fend off threats.

“In most cases the bird will not make contact, so it’s important not to panic,” Robyn says. “In the vast majority of cases involving small backyard birds, the swooping is a bluff.

EDGEMERE, Rockaways (WABC) -- Bird lovers rejoice: it's nesting season for the piping plover, one of the cutest and most vulnerable native birds living along the New York coastline.