chicks
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Buoyed by a youthful sense of invincibility, they dared one another to leap, waiting for another to move, like emperor penguin chicks before a first arctic plunge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Many tuned in to the nonstop livestream of Jackie’s nest — often daily — to watch her and her mate Shadow weather freezing winter storms, protect their eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Barn owls have had a bumper summer in County Fermanagh, with 10 chicks recorded across two sites.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
The penguin chicks, when they began to hatch, were not so handsomely marked as their mother and father.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
