Approximate Hatch Weights:
~16g at hatching
~185g by 11 days old
~370g at fledging
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Common Name: Crows/Ravens/Jays/Magpies
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Naked
Skin Color: Pink to gray
Bill: Long and straight and pink then gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Red-pink
Gape Flanges: White to pale pink
Iris: Blue to gray
Legs and Feet: Gray-pink then black legs and feet
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Nest
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2282-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_2270.jpeg)
Photo by Grace McDermith, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_2271.jpeg)
Photo by Grace McDermith, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_2273-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Grace McDermith, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_2274.jpeg)
Photo by Grace McDermith, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/Frame-19-05-2020-09-04-14.jpeg)
Photo by Grace McDermith, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/American-Crow-Week-1.jpg)
Photo from Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8459-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8462.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8464.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 70g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/04/IMG_2177.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 70g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/04/IMG_2191.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 70g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/04/IMG_2181.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 70g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/04/IMG_2187.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 96g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c5c.jpeg)
Photo by Kelley Ward
~2nd Week - 96g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c56.jpeg)
Photo by Kelley Ward
~2nd Week - 96g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3c53.jpeg)
Photo by Kelley Ward
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3874.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3876.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 137g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2385-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 137g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2380.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 137g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2377-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 160g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8327-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 160g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8347.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 160g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8329.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 117g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8484-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 117g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8474-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 117g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8472.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 212g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/IMG_2647.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 212g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/IMG_2641-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 212g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/IMG_2649-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 248g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/82843715_10215748914825083_8186632137793863680_n.jpeg)
Photo by Kelley Ward
~2nd Week - 248g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/100892175_10215748915065089_6774320215103635456_n.jpeg)
Photo by Kelley Ward
~3rd Week - 250g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8367-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 250g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8358-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 250g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8369.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 280g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2a9d.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e19.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e1b.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e1d-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e20-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/American-Crow-Week-3.jpg)
Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_0955.jpg)
Photo by Ashley Damm
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_489b.jpeg)
Photo by Karyn Lesinski, Center for Wildlife
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/13220799_531983247001611_387130628579124991_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/13244001_533576420175627_1999629071210040407_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/01/48056986822_9b1ac52b06_o.jpeg)
Photo by Lesley Haven, Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/01/48056986597_555253d04b_o-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/01/48056986082_840a83d9fa_o-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/01/48135955297_448d4bb7dd_o.jpeg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/American-Crow-Week-4.jpg)
Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4d27.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4d2f.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e27.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e2b.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network