Sexually dimorphic plumage – males with blue-gray coloration to primary and secondary feathers
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~8-10g at hatching
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Common Name: Falcons
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: White down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Hooked and pink to gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to pale yellow and raptorial feet
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Eggs
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_358e.jpeg)
Photo from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology American Kestrel Cam
Egg
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Photo from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology American Kestrel Cam
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/11/2015-Baby-Kestrels-6.28-hatch.jpg)
Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
1 Day Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~1st Week
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Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
2 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
3 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
4 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
5 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
6 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
7 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~1st Week
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Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week
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Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
8 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
9 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
10 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
11 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
12 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
13 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
13 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ab1.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2efb.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week - 87g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4539.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 87g
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Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
14 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
15 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2efc.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
16 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
17 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
18 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
18 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
19 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
20 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
21 Days Old
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Photo by Beth McMaster, Wildbird Recovery
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2efd.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
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Photo by Ashley Damm
~4th Week
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Photo by Ashley Damm
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
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Photo by Connie Black