Approximate Hatch Weights:
~16g at hatching
~90g by 7 days old
~132g by 14 days old
~173g by 21 days old
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Common Name: Herons/Egrets/Bitterns
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Semi-Altricial
Down: Gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Long and straight and yellow to orange
Foot Type: Semi-palmate
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Pale gray to yellow
Legs and Feet: Pale yellow to greenish legs and feet
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/32838621_2073125986300979_8418966907612299264_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-8-of-12.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-9-of-12.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-7-of-12.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-1-of-12.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-2-of-12.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-11-of-12-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GRHE-_2nd-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon, The Center for Birds of Prey
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-5-of-12-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f01.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GRHE-_3rd-week.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_2255-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/heron.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GRHE-_3rd-week-2.jpg)
Photo by Chris Powers, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 124g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/11/IMG_3384.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~4th Week - 124g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/11/IMG_3385.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~4th Week - 122g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_45f2.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~4th Week - 122g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_45f5.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~4th Week - 122g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_45f8.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~4th Week - 172g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/11/IMG_3403.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~4th Week - 172g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/11/IMG_3395.jpeg)
Photo by Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~4th Week - 172g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/11/IMG_3406.jpeg)
Photo by Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-12-of-12-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/GRHEchick-10-of-12-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GRHE-_4th-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon, The Center for Birds of Prey
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GRHE-_4th-week-2.jpg)
Photo by Britney Hover
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f00.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f04.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f05.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f06.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center