Whip-poor-will chick on the ground (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Whip-poor-will chick on the ground

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A 4-day old whip-poor-will chick. Like their parents, developing chicks have cryptic coloration that allows them to go unseen on the ground.

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Photo by Sarah Stewart

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