chick
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Visitors to Birdland will have to wait a while before they get to meet the new arrival as the chick is being kept behind the scenes during its early weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Miss enough feedings and a vulnerable chick can perish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Hidden in the scrapes, this little tern chick is camouflaged - and vulnerable - on a Norfolk beach.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Even with trials, like a harrowing storm that claimed the life of a chick last year, it did the trick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Once her head was out, the first chick, a wet little female, easily kicked herself free of the shell.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Ground-nesting birds such as hen harriers rely on open, treeless bog, safe from predators that would otherwise perch and watch for prey, while the wet ground breeds the invertebrates chicks are fed on.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Many tuned in to the nonstop livestream of Jackie’s nest — often daily — to watch her and her mate Shadow weather freezing winter storms, protect their eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The charity said the Lizard was the prime breeding ground for the Cornish chough with 26 chicks, 11 more than 2025, emerging from eight nests on the peninsula.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Pheasants fed quantities too small to kill them nevertheless laid few eggs, and the chicks that hatched soon died.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
