The piping plovers received much attention in Chicago again, and it’s well deserved. The return of mating plovers is a continuing avian success story in an era in which shrinking habitats and ...

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Chihuahuas of the avian world, the American kestrel is small, territorial and feisty. About the size of a blue jay and weighing little more than a handful of nickels, the kestrel is North America’s ...