Keyword: chick

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A Chilean flamingo chick’s feet (Phoenicopterus chilensis) at Houston Zoo.

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A Chilean flamingo chick (Phoenicopterus chilensis) at Houston Zoo.

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An Attwater’s prairie chick surrounded by wildflowers.

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A two-day-old killdeer chick (Charadrius vociferus vociferus) at Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation in Hutchins, TX.

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A two-day-old killdeer chick (Charadrius vociferus vociferus) at Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation in Hutchins, TX.

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Rowi kiwi egg candling at the West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. This is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. This center is the place where they incubate eggs that are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5% in the wild to 75% if the chick is raised captivity then released.

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A white-breasted waterhen chick (Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus) at Davao Crocodile Park.

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A white-breasted waterhen chick (Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus) at Davao Crocodile Park.

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A masked lapwing chick (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) from Australia.

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Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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Horned lark chicks (Eremophila alpestris) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, Minnesota. These lark chicks are five to seven weeks old.

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A Chilean flamingo chick, Phoenicopterus chilensis.

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A young female snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus.

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A juvenile northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii) at the International Bird Rescue Center in San Pedro, CA.

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A juvenile pelagic cormorant (Urile pelagicus resplendens) at the International Bird Rescue Center in San Pedro, CA.

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A juvenile pelagic cormorant (Urile pelagicus resplendens) at the International Bird Rescue Center in San Pedro, CA.

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A juvenile rock eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A juvenile rock eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A juvenile rock eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A Ural owl chick (Strix uralensis liturata) from Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Ural owl (Strix uralensis liturata) from Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Ural owl (Strix uralensis liturata) from Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A fledgling European barn owl (Tyto alba guttata) from the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A fledgling European barn owl (Tyto alba guttata) from the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A fledgling European barn owl (Tyto alba guttata) from the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A woman searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A woman searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A woman searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A woman searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A woman searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A woman searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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Two women helping set up to photograph a rowi kiwi or Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi) at the West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. This is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. This center is the place where they incubate eggs that are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A man and woman out searching for rowi kiwi nests in a forest on Lake Mapourika near Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. The rowi kiwi is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. Once found, eggs are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.

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A three-month-old king vulture chick (Sarcoramphus papa) named ‘T-Rex’ at the Brevard Zoo.

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A three-month-old king vulture chick (Sarcoramphus papa) named ‘T-Rex’ at the Brevard Zoo.

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A three-month-old king vulture chick (Sarcoramphus papa) named ‘T-Rex’ at the Brevard Zoo.