Approximate Hatch Weights:
~24g at hatching
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Common Name: Herons/Egrets/Bitterns
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Semi-Altricial
Down: Gray down
Skin Color: Pink to yellow
Bill: Long and straight and grayish then yellow with black
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/2019/01/averyheron.jpg)
Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/averyheron1.jpg)
Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/averyheron2.jpg)
Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/10/BCNHchicks-3-of-6.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/10/BCNHchicks-5-of-6-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/10/BCNHchicks-1-of-6-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/10/BCNHchicks-2-of-6-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~2nd Week - 214g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4637.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 214g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4635-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 214g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4649-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 214g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4651-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 164g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4732.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 164g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4736.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~4th Week - 490g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c15.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~4th Week - 490g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c12.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~4th Week - 490g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c18.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/2016-05-28-11.11.17-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/10/BCNHchicks-6-of-6-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/BCNH-_4th-week.jpg)
Photos by Selimah Harmon
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/BCNH-_4th-week-2.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/03/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-9-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-1-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-2-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/10/BCNHchicks-4-of-6-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-3.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-4.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-5.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/juvenile-Black-crowned-Night-Heron-11.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor