chick
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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
Their first chick emerged from its egg on Friday at 15:10 BST.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
The only pair of breeding ospreys in southern England have hatched their first chick of 2026.
From BBC ● May 23, 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
With no more thought than a chick leaving its shell, he stepped off the porch.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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
"This winter they will likely migrate and go off again, and next spring they will try and rear chicks on that nest."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
“No one was excited to see the growing family more than Sandy,” Benedict said, relating a time when Steers cried with excitement when three chicks hatched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Shadow, one-half of a famous bald eagle couple, drops off a fish to his two growing chicks — something the boaters confirm thanks to a nonstop livestream of the nest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
She watched it, and the chicks, falling for a moment, and the enormous gull swooping toward it and shrieking.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
