4 piping plover eggs hatch on lakefront in Waukegan

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Four piping plover eggs on the lakefront in north suburban Waukegan have hatched.

Three hatched on Thursday and another hatched just Friday morning.

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The parents, Blaze and Pepper, hatched last year in Michigan before being moved to Illinois.

After wintering in the southeastern U.S., they returned to the Chicago area and started their family.

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