chick
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The charity's reserve's officer Paul Waterhouse explained the new pair, Blue 717 and her mate Blue 476, had only fledged one chick last year, which was normal among less-experienced ospreys.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
What’s known as “pip watch” started earlier this week, a time of high anticipation when livestream viewers watch for signs of a chick breaking out of its shell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
In the rice paddies of Buri Ram, Thailand, a sarus crane gently cleans its one-week-old chick before lingering in a quiet beak-to-beak moment.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Who’d gotten promotions and special privileges; how one of the littles got in trouble for trying to smuggle a chick into the dorm; a new meal that had entered the weekly rotation.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
"In the wild, these chicks aren't surviving," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
A second pair - male 374 and female 1H1 - are in their second year of breeding and hatched three healthy chicks, all believed to be male.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The chicks were ringed on 1 July, with all four presumed to be female.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The eagles — and occasionally their chicks — could be seen on Friends of Big Bear Valley’s livestream heading into Sunday evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Even in there, we could hear the racket from hundreds of thousands of chicks chirping.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
