A Nile Crocodile, the bigger predator of the Nile River and Spotted thick-knee, spotted dikkop or Cape thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) adullt and chick sitting on her terrestrial nest. Hermanus ...

Piping plover bird or charadrius melodus. (Photo Courtesy/FWS) People visiting Webster State Park are asked to give the bird space and watch it from outside the areas marked with yellow tape.

Chicago had not seen a Piping Plover in the last 50 years before 2019. This fourth new generation, represents hope for the endangered species. Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

It was a happy Father's Day Sunday for Chicago's favorite piping plover bird couple, Imani and Searocket, who now have three new eggs for a total of four future hatchlings.