chick

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One chick appears slightly darker and more “submissive” than its younger sibling who has shown more “sassy” behavior, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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

The parents share responsibility for feeding their chick.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

At the Houses of Parliament, he holds a peregrine falcon chick while it is ringed for identification.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Frightful lifted her body so that she had very little weight on the hatching chick.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George