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Raising chicks is a communal effort—a set of parents might get help from up to 16 other birds, which deliver food to the hatchlings and fend off predators.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Those sturdy twigs can also block other birds and predators from getting to the eggs and hatchlings.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
These are the first of Mommy's eggs to produce hatchlings, and the babies started arriving on February 27, 2025.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
One of Southern California's most famous couples, bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, welcomed two new hatchlings.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Those sturdy twigs can also block other birds and predators from getting to the eggs and hatchlings.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
These are the first of Mommy's eggs to produce hatchlings, and the babies started arriving on February 27, 2025.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
One of Southern California's most famous couples, bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, welcomed two new hatchlings.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Hatchling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchling. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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hatchling
noun
hatch·ling
ˈhach-liŋ 
: a recently hatched animal
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