chick
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Miss enough feedings and a vulnerable chick can perish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Adult vultures usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and seven, and produce only one chick every year or two.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
In 2023, the project celebrated the first white-tailed eagle chick to be born in the wild in southern England since 1780.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
“That was Frightful’s chick you were trying to eat,” he said.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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
A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The chicks have had rings placed on their legs so that they can be recorded in any other areas they turn up in after leaving the nest.
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 mother was regal and unflappable; her chicks were much too busy falling over and getting up again even to notice me.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
