Feather shafts on primaries are white
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~3.5g at hatching
~13g by 3 days old
~21g by 5 days old
~36g by 12 days old
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Common Name: Mockingbirds/Thrashers
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Straight and pink to gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Yellow
Gape Flanges: Pale yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
1 Day Old - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_359f.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
1 Day Old - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_359d.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c7b.jpeg)
Photo by Ashley Damm
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c77.jpeg)
Photo by Ashley Damm
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c79.jpeg)
Photo by Ashley Damm
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/103966720_10216624514557674_6606839084641489356_o.jpeg)
Photo by Jayne Neville
~1st Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3117.jpeg)
Photo by Emily Buonopane
~1st Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3118.jpeg)
Photo by Emily Buonopane
~1st Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3119.jpeg)
Photo by Emily Buonopane
~1st Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_311a.jpeg)
Photo by Emily Buonopane
~1st Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_403d.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4040.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/Screen-Shot-2018-05-17-at-7.47.41-PM.jpg)
Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~1st Week - 21g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/36376864_10217093950845988_281814188932726784_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~1st Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2313.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2321.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2323.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2327.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 23g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8733.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 23g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8723-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 23g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8724-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 23g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8731.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/36365867_10217101700039713_4338767089016766464_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/36285141_10217101702719780_6494888341450784768_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_368a.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3684.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3688.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~2nd Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2438.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2434.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2422.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Northern-Mockingbird-Week-2.jpg)
Photo by Ingrid Hodel, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Northern-Mockingbird-Week-2-2.jpg)
Photo by Ingrid Hodel, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week - 31g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36466285_10217116517090130_573821241496961024_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 31g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36442639_10217116517170132_4127699167592054784_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36587315_10217126101569736_2949107575464919040_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36475462_10217126101649738_4520459396936892416_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36482423_10217126101489734_7681450306252570624_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/1238385_155012414698698_1459237119_n.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~2nd Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_3ff0.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_3ff3.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_3ff8.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_3ffe.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 36g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36568110_10217139452463500_1331603323920318464_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 36g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36585521_10217139452543502_7641145160620834816_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 38g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36668735_10217151529845427_2922381273882165248_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~2nd Week - 38g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36656106_10217151529925429_886042793863020544_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
14 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3775.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/103494486_570631320309272_3608517241072405231_n.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3261.jpeg)
Photo by Andy Cunningham, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4f9b.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4fa0.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Northern-Mockingbird-Week-4.jpg)
Photo by Annie Le, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Northern-Mockingbird-Week-4-2.jpg)
Photo by Chris Powers, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/1235212_155012151365391_1833289853_n.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4fa1.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4fa3-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 45g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36890858_10217185471213940_6603537210014695424_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~3rd Week - 45g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36903047_10217185471253941_6448722365051305984_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~3rd Week - 46g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/37019269_10217195120735172_3870710890357587968_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~3rd Week - 46g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36929655_10217195120815174_7229015878606520320_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~3rd Week - 47g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36927802_10217205017542586_927358772932771840_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~3rd Week - 47g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/36944786_10217213279509130_5752205165016907776_n.jpg)
Photo by Dee Ullrich
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-26-at-7.45.35-PM.jpg)
Photo by Rachel Sine
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4fa5-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4fa7.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network