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Three endangered piping plovers — all barely a month old — were released Wednesday afternoon in a protected site at Montrose Beach, marking what volunteers say is the first time captive-reared chicks ...

Walking a northern Lake County beach shoreline Saturday, Glen Moss of Libertyville heard an endangered piping plover chick utter a cry. “I looked up, and there was a bald eagle overhead,” he said.