chick

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Dorset's much-loved ospreys are incubating another bumper clutch of four eggs and all eyes are on their nest cam, waiting for the first chick to appear.

From BBC • May 2, 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

By Saturday, the first chick had popped its head out of the shell.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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

The frightened chick made one small distress peep and that’s all it took.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen