2 pale wing bars, receives seed-based diet as a chick
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~1g at hatching
~10g by 9 days old
~12.2g by 14 days old
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Common Name: Finches/Allies
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and conical
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Red-pink
Gape Flanges: Pale yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink legs and feet
Video by Connie Black
~1st Week - 2.4g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ae8.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 2.4g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ae9.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 2.7g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2aea.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 2.7g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2aeb.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 2.7g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2aed.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2aef.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2af2.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
3 Days Old - 3.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/39468366_1933046820321897_7511401581657456640_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
3 Days Old - 3.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/39748562_1933046933655219_1031025745721294848_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
3 Days Old - 3.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/39557756_1933046986988547_8777286837887565824_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week - 3.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2af3.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
4 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY4-IMG_4568.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week - 4.8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2af7.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY5-IMG_4597.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week - 5.1g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2af8.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 5.1g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2af9.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY6-IMG_4606.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY6-IMG_4609.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMODAY6-IMG_4603.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week - 5.4g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2afa.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 5.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2aff.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week - 5.9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2b00.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY7-IMG_4643.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY7-IMG_4648.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY7-IMG_4645.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
8 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY8-DSCF9155.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
8 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY8-DSCF9154.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
8 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGODAY8-IMG_4658.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.19.37-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.20.56-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
10 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.22.14-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
10 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.23.15-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.24.34-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.25.39-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
12 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.26.28-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
13 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.27.27-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
13 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.28.15-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
14 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.29.03-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
15 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.30.08-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
15 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.31.16-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
15 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.32.29-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGO180819IMG_4738.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/AMGO180819IMG_4739.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
16 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.33.20-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
17 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.34.35-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
17 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.35.26-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
18 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.36.34-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
19 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.37.19-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
20 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.39.37-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
24 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-11.41.12-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2e29.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center