But an unguarded chick is desperately vulnerable.

没有保护的雏鸟极为脆弱。

Scientists estimate that a chick hatches from only a third of all the kakapo eggs laid, but they're making a slow come back.

学家们估计，在所有鸮的卵中，只有三分之一的雏鸟会孵出，但它们的数量还是在逐步恢复中。

This chick is a sign of hope in difficult times.

在艰困时，这只雏鸟是希望的象征。

The puffin chicks from Newfoundland were put in each of these burrows, hand fed and they would come out when they were six weeks old.

将来自纽芬兰的海雏鸟放在这些洞穴中人工喂养，等它们长到六周大的时候就会出来。

Yet scientists see a glimmer of hope in the past year, 12 new chicks were hatched, a sign that the species will live on to fight another day.

然而，学家们在去年看到了一线希望，12只雏鸟孵出了幼鸟，这表明这个物种将继续生存下去，迎接新的一天。

And, it turns out, same goes for songbirds in learning their duets.

而且事实也表明，鸣鸟也是在雏鸟时学习的“二重唱”。

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent.

现在我们需要的是雏鸟的父母，但它们不在。

If the chicks aren't fed regularly, then they will die.

如果雏鸟不得到喂食，它们就无法存活。

She says the example song might come from the chick's father.

她表示，典型歌曲可来自于雏鸟的父亲。

They have one baby bird, or chick, every two years.

他们每两年生一只幼鸟或雏鸟。

In late March, more than 100 painted stork chicks were also poached in Cambodia.

3月下旬，柬埔寨也有100多只彩绘鹳雏鸟被偷猎。

If her chicks are going to hatch, she must stay on the nest.

要使雏鸟孵化它得呆在巢上。

Fledging is the moment when the baby bird leaves the nest.

雏鸟长出飞羽时，正是它们离巢的时刻。

At last. Both chicks will get a meal.

总算回来了。两只雏鸟都饱餐一顿。

But large birds called brown skuas eat the penguin eggs and small chicks.

但是一种叫贼鸥的大型鸟类吃企鹅蛋和小雏鸟。

" The baby bird had to struggle to spread its wings and fly" .

" 这只雏鸟不得不挣扎着展开翅膀飞起来。"

60 miles away, in the heart of the desert, sandgrouse chicks are hatching.

离水坑九十六公里远的沙漠中心，沙鸡的雏鸟正在孵化。

Oh, I can see it clearly. It's tiny. It must be a young one. It's good that the mayor has promised to preserve these woods, Finn.

哦，我可以看得很清楚。它很小，一是只雏鸟。芬恩，市长承诺保护这些森林真是太好了。

But a good head start doesn't guarantee survival. These chicks will not be able to fly for months and will be easy prey for bigger predators. So monitoring mortality is part of the job and a very difficult part.

但是孵化出来并不保证所有的都存活下来。这些雏鸟几个月都不飞行，很容易成为大型捕食者的猎物。所以监测死亡率是我们工作的一部分，也是非常困难的一部分。

The cuckoo lays its egg in the strange bird's nest, and when the young one is hatched it shoulders its foster-brothers out and breaks at last the nest that has sheltered it.

杜鹃把蛋下到别的鸟巢里，当雏鸟孵出以后，就把它的异母兄弟们挤出巢外，最后还要把庇护它的巢窝毁掉。