Approximate Hatch Weights:
~3g at hatching
~6g by 2 days old
~10g by 3 days old
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Common Name: Cardinals/Allies
Region: Western
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse white down
Skin Color: Orange
Bill: Short and conical
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Red-pink
Gape Flanges: White to yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f8e.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f91.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f92.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f93.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f94.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f95.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_42dd.jpeg)
Photo by Elise Wolf, Native Bird Care
~2nd Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3822.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3823.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3824.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3826.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/05/IMG_3827.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/Frame-11-06-2020-09-38-25.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/Frame-11-06-2020-09-38-41.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/Frame-11-06-2020-09-38-54.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/Frame-11-06-2020-09-39-40.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/Frame-11-06-2020-09-39-53.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f96.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4202.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4203.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f99.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-5671BHGR-fledgies-19-June-2017-MH-P1080771.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/03/juvenile-Black-headed-Grosbeak-4.jpeg)
Photo by Aaron Budgor
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f9a.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center