Baby Birds

Notes:

Approximate Hatch Weights:

~24g by 1 day old

~54g by 7 days old

~139g by 14 days old

~259g by 21 days old

~382g by 28 days old

~433g by 35 days old

Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Common Name: Waterfowl
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Brown and yellowish down with faint to no brown eyestripe
Skin Color:
Bill: Broad and gray to black
Foot Type: Palmate
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Gray to black legs and feet

 

~1st Week

Photo by Ben Pierce

~2nd Week

Photo by Ben Pierce

~2nd Week

Photo by Kathleen St. Clair-McGee, American Heritage Wildlife Foundation

~2nd Week

Photo by Kathleen St. Clair-McGee, American Heritage Wildlife Foundation

~4th Week

Photo by Kathleen St. Clair-McGee, American Heritage Wildlife Foundation

>4 Weeks

Photo by Kathleen St. Clair-McGee, American Heritage Wildlife Foundation

>4 Weeks

Photo by Kathleen St. Clair-McGee, American Heritage Wildlife Foundation

>4 Weeks

Photo by Kathleen St. Clair-McGee, American Heritage Wildlife Foundation