chick
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Reserves manager Helen Deavin said the site supported "rare and unusual species", including nesting bitterns, the swallowtail butterfly and a pair of cranes that successfully raised a chick this summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Visitors to Birdland will have to wait a while before they get to meet the new arrival as the chick is being kept behind the scenes during its early weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Our new Donna, Jess, brings a real rock chick energy to it,” Holcenberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
“Yeah, and he told me he used to go to the flicks down on State Street and even asked me if I knew some chick named Thelma. ”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
Shortly before Jackie took ill, the chicks — Sandy and Luna —successfully fledged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice to live, hunt and breed and their chicks can perish if they fall in freezing water before developing waterproof feathers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Steve Egerton-Read, white-tailed eagle project officer for Forestry England, said: "We are delighted that these three chicks made it through and will be closely watching their progress as they begin to explore the landscape."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Resistance at first was fierce, since the idea had never been tried and putting puffin chicks at risk seemed antithetical to the Audubon Society’s creed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
From the downy feathers on her apron, I figured, she’d been tending the new chicks.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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