"chick development"

#13541660

6 Apr 2026

A spoonbill chick and its parent are seen at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on April 5, 2026. Spoonbills are known for their distinctive spoon-shaped bills, which they sweep side to side through shallow water to help find food.

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#13541661

6 Apr 2026

A spoonbill chick and its parent are seen at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on April 5, 2026. Spoonbills are known for their distinctive spoon-shaped bills, which they sweep side to side through shallow water to help find food.

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#13541662

6 Apr 2026

A spoonbill chick and its parent are seen at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on April 5, 2026. Spoonbills are known for their distinctive spoon-shaped bills, which they sweep side to side through shallow water to help find food.

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#13541145

6 Apr 2026

A sandhill crane colt forages with its parent at Orlando Wetlands in Christmas, Florida, on April 4, 2026. The young cranes, known as colts, are covered in soft down and stay close to their parents as they learn to feed and navigate their wetland habitat.

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#13525160

1 Apr 2026

An anhinga chick receives a meal from a parent at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, on March 30, 2026. Parents initially feed chicks by dripping regurgitated fish directly into their open bills, but as the chicks grow older, they thrust their heads deep into the parent's bill to retrieve food.

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#13510815

29 Mar 2026

A two-day-old Sandhill Crane colt is seen with its parent at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 27, 2026. The chicks are born with their eyes open and are able to walk, follow their parents, and peck at food within hours of hatching.

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#13510816

29 Mar 2026

Two-day-old Sandhill Crane colts at the Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 27, 2026. The chicks are born with their eyes open and are able to walk, follow their parents, and peck at food within hours of hatching.

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#13510817

29 Mar 2026

A two-day-old Sandhill Crane colt is seen with its parent at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 27, 2026. The chicks are born with their eyes open and are able to walk, follow their parents, and peck at food within hours of hatching.

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#13510818

29 Mar 2026

A two-day-old Sandhill Crane colt is seen with its parent at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 27, 2026. The chicks are born with their eyes open and are able to walk, follow their parents, and peck at food within hours of hatching.

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#13510819

29 Mar 2026

Two-day-old Sandhill Crane colts at the Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 27, 2026. The chicks are born with their eyes open and are able to walk, follow their parents, and peck at food within hours of hatching.

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#13500546

27 Mar 2026

A Sandhill Crane with its colts at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 26, 2026. Sandhill Cranes are known for both parents caring for their young, and the chick, called a colt, can walk and feed itself within a few hours of hatching.

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#13500549

27 Mar 2026

A Sandhill Crane colt at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 26, 2026. Sandhill Cranes are known for both parents caring for their young, with the chick, called a colt, able to walk and feed itself within hours of hatching.

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#13500547

27 Mar 2026

A Sandhill Crane with its colt at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 26, 2026. Sandhill Cranes are known for both parents caring for their young, and the chick, called a colt, can walk and feed itself within a few hours of hatching.

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27 Mar 2026

A Sandhill Crane with its colt at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on March 26, 2026. Sandhill Cranes are known for both parents caring for their young, and the chick, called a colt, can walk and feed itself within a few hours of hatching.

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#13493462

25 Mar 2026

Spoonbill chicks beg their parent for food at a nest in the Orlando Wetlands in Christmas, Florida, on March 24, 2026. The chicks' straight bills will gradually flatten and widen into the distinct spoon shape as they mature.

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#13493463

25 Mar 2026

Spoonbill chicks beg their parent for food at a nest in the Orlando Wetlands in Christmas, Florida, on March 24, 2026. The chicks' straight bills will gradually flatten and widen into the distinct spoon shape as they mature.

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