Approximate Hatch Weights:
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Common Name: Hummingbirds
Region: Western
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse yellowish down
Skin Color: Black
Bill: Long and straight and orange-yellow then black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Orange-yellow
Gape Flanges: Yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Black to brown legs and feet
Nest
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-5235-BCHU-nest-8-May-2017-Holmgren-M.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_3fb1.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_3fa5.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_3faa.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_3fad.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_497d.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_497e.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~4th week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/03/juvenile-Black-chinned-Hummingbird.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor