Park Service staff have since erected predator exclosures to protect both nests.  At least three of the four parents were banded originally in Michigan. 

Three additional plovers have been observed in the area, and monitors will continue to search for nests.  The piping plover is a small shorebird that had been extirpated from much of its historical range in the Great Lakes, but intensive recovery efforts in Michigan have helped the population grow steadily over the last few years.

The return of the birds to successful nesting areas in the Apostle Islands may signal the re-establishment of a breeding sub-population of plovers in Wisconsin.