chick

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Managing people and predators around nesting beaches, with the modest goal of helping pairs of oystercatchers fledge half a chick more each year, brought a 45% population surge by 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"If they get shot when they're still sort of midway through their breeding season, it's not just the chick that dies, it's also that the breeding population is reduced."

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Even if the egg hatches, it could be a while before scientists can confirm a chick is there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Extinction was projected only in hypothetical scenarios where very low juvenile survival occurred, with around 20% failing to reach adulthood, combined with extremely poor reproduction limited to a maximum of one chick per pair.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Then, when we hit 125th Street we saw this devastated-looking chick get on the train.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers