Captive-reared piping plovers making history with 2 separate nests with eggs in Waukegan and Chicago
3 of 4 parents-to-be hatched in a facility in Michigan, while Imani was born in the wild at Montrose Beach to popular plover pair Monty and Rose.
![Peeking from the soil in my yard on March 26 were green leaves about an inch tall that I hadnât seen yesterday. They were the leaves of bloodroot, which produces white, multi-petaled flowers close to the ground. In central Illinois, bloodroots are already in full bloom. Thatâs typically how it goes each spring here in northern Illinois as the parade of wildflower blossoms begins a good week to two weeks after whatâs happening farther south. Itâs the science of phenology â the timing of biological events in a plant or animalâs life such as flowering, migration and reproduction. Plant phenology […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LNS-L-devore-bloodroot-03292024-01.jpg?w=132 "Peeking from the soil in my yard on March 26 were green leaves about an inch tall that I hadnât seen yesterday. They were the leaves of bloodroot, which produces white, multi-petaled flowers close to the ground. In central Illinois, bloodroots are already in full bloom. Thatâs typically how it goes each spring here in northern Illinois as the parade of wildflower blossoms begins a good week to two weeks after whatâs happening farther south. Itâs the science of phenology â the timing of biological events in a plant or animalâs life such as flowering, migration and reproduction. Plant phenology […]")
