ocr: PRECOCIAL YOUNG I HE nesting YOUNG birds of face ground- many enemies. To increase their chances of survival, they are precocial - they hatch in an advanced state, with teathers and fully formed eyes. Precocial hatchlings cannot fly, but they can run or swim immediately, and feed themselves within a few LAYER OF hours of hatching. WARM DOWN YOUNG PLOVER This crowned plover chick is just two days old. Its wings ArE tiny, but its pell-depclopea legs allow itto: run awayfrom danger.
