But an unguarded chick is desperately vulnerable.

没有保护的雏极为脆弱。

The young chicks fly out to sea about five months after they hatch.

雏孵化后大约五个就会飞向大海。

This chick is a sign of hope in difficult times.

在艰困，这只雏是希望的象征。

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

而且事实也表明，鸣也是在雏学习的“二重唱”。

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

现在我们需要的是雏的父母，但它们不在。

I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks.

我给了房主段猫头鹰雏饥饿尖叫的录音。

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

如果雏不能定得到喂食，它们就无法存活。

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

她表示，典型歌曲可能来自于雏的父亲。

And over time, the baby bird tweaks that tweet, to make it its own.

随着间的推移，雏不断调整这种叫声，然后演变成它自己的叫声。

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

他们每两生只幼或雏。

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

3下旬，柬埔寨也有100多只彩绘鹳雏被偷猎。

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

雏长出飞羽，正是它们离巢的刻。

At last. Both chicks will get a meal.

总算回来了。两只雏都能饱餐顿。

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

但是种叫贼鸥的大型类吃企鹅蛋和小雏。

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

" 这只雏不得不挣扎着展开翅膀飞起来。"

Skuas harass the colony, hoping to snatch a chick.

贼鸥不断侵扰着企鹅种群，希望能趁机叼走只雏。

I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active.

我开车过去，看见窝里的猫头鹰雏健康又活泼。

New-born chicks can then imitate their mom's call within a few days of entering the world.

新生的雏在出生后几天内就能模仿妈妈的叫声。

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

要使雏孵化它得呆在巢上。

Wisdom is at least 68 years old and has raised at least 31 baby birds, or chicks.

智慧至少有68岁高龄了，她生了至少31只小，也称雏。