Approximate Hatch Weights:
~2.4-3g at hatching
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Common Name: Larks
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and yellow to gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Orange-yellow with five black spots
Gape Flanges: Yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video by Andrea Aiuto
Video by Judi Grout
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Egg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/105708287_280897713153523_3375860834357553131_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104868020_330464371280914_6228254668666923570_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/106203544_715474155918077_4669610654829880912_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104888787_10163947807565512_5076128238462997094_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104481901_569045010310881_6635037034474125940_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104909723_404768170399161_266174707113920157_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/105427211_2677843492537405_8391666083326483193_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104660963_710829052794371_3911324813249279053_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/105023532_305427970490696_581796287206700664_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104666842_595784541141857_7412676864093364421_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/105288715_277030406846658_7413104218710991596_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - 4.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/105740303_3086463984778992_4517328873410902492_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - 7g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/106359842_268405561100624_8760780893999864108_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/09/349854772_3014527658692125_4452148385209392576_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/09/349321275_648572866615730_3852715807303108414_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/09/350284475_759835692538375_5516039042490047756_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/09/350381604_9685292851511495_1854023615555971097_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/09/349265346_221420233986494_5022979530485728797_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/09/350369904_264893599257718_4355577696511817673_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/350374701_994032208632282_8171421558240517737_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/350241133_1607745726411818_2972592090328033659_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~1st Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/350095923_1348364392394067_8366001676851153650_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/350364409_171223692565357_737542963051657604_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/350722094_636784461648489_4760645808505379105_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/350280042_3479873885575302_2660345746245284263_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 20g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/11/349268362_799784861718561_4764679462050244769_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_7171.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_7170.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_7169.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3935.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3936.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3937.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3946.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3939.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3949.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3953.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3954.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3955.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3956.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3965-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Ariana Katovich, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3964-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Ariana Katovich, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/05/356604871_652455336517991_3234183175369625040_n.jpg)
Photo by Brent Daniel, Colorado Native Bird
~2nd Week - 22g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/348383531_1012118383287287_9193372495125317696_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 22g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/350780778_647947913365968_712569938404035696_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/351570784_819045529929634_2342228149488336930_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/351512664_6475784199156670_483444071252757308_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/351453988_147180661690079_6109753909263908372_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 18g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_6622-scaled.jpg)
Photo by Ariana Katovich, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/351619048_6139468726169156_2193113523888824816_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/350384012_184913527861806_1367821112490216610_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/350281876_3401470093453447_8618390845163311716_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/348358071_699285975338980_198191962686599489_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~2nd Week - 26g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/351476061_6736365633083027_390948325711461136_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/DSC00143-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Mirra Tubiola, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 19g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/C4A3939-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 19g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/C4A3902-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 19g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/C4A3912-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 19g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/C4A3982.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 19g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/C4A3995.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 29g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/352118452_7310006225683422_7188667722787137357_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 29g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/352390580_949487292966622_718039748835178816_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 29g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/348361600_1223721804994994_1706684553181299130_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 29g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/352429825_779567210383142_2801525095781947051_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/351410038_6425725107548400_1781051201531026237_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/348362456_1940770722982358_1018363258585853921_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/352528419_954692209069062_4981897906648959171_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/352583776_696658018934761_3622847765854424524_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~3rd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/12/352588855_1894337470966891_5760170706304555409_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~4th Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/01/354027659_121024754346678_6645261415152756610_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~4th Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/01/349110423_1901259103591089_6911654812998796752_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~4th Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/01/354055316_947661303107490_5311506252952729789_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
~4th Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/01/351000639_2898898160962406_5712367620607838311_n.jpg)
Photo by Judi Grout
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4244-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4241.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4236.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4246.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network