chick

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Their first chick emerged from its egg on Friday at 15:10 BST.

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

The first chick hatched late Saturday at 11:33 p.m. while the second emerged Sunday at 8:30 a.m., according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit group that oversees the couple’s webcam.

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

A kite swooped down and carried one of them off, a brown-and-white chick.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie