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Oldest Great Lakes piping plover returns to Sleeping Bear Dunes

May 2, 2025 | Daily News

A 16-year-old piping plover named Gabby returned to her home shoreline on Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this month, just in time for breeding season. Read the full story by MLive.


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