Approximate Hatch Weights:
~5.5g at hatching
~13.5g by 3 days old
~20-28g by 5 days old
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Common Name: Crows/Ravens/Jays/Magpies
Region: Eastern
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Naked
Skin Color: Greenish
Bill: Straight and pink to gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Red
Gape Flanges: White
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video by Connie Black
Just Hatched - 6.9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/282546699_10166220126150150_5798929463020282021_n.jpg)
Photo by Whalen Mel
Just Hatched - 6.9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/283008521_10166220126845150_1077916996924165789_n.jpg)
Photo by Whalen Mel
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3bdb.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3bda.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_4419.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/IMG_4420.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3bd7.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week - 24g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3bd4.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_4ad1.jpeg)
Photo by Michael Akresh
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3988.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_39a8.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_39b0.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 25g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3992.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3cb1.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3cb6.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4438.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4439.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4456.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 32g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3cb9.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~1st Week - 40g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4473.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 40g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4477.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.17.15-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3d04.jpeg)
Photo by Joan Paprocki
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_390a.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_390d.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
8 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.24.53-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
8 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.22.53-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
8 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.21.30-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.26.53-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.25.50-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
10 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.28.16-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~2nd Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3984.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3985.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
11 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.34.57-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.36.36-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.37.53-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
12 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.39.01-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
14 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.40.48-AM.jpg)
Photo by Katie Deline-Ray
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_2790.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_2587.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-26-at-7.44.59-PM.jpg)
Photo by Rachel Sine
18 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.42.51-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
21 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.44.01-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_4ad4.jpeg)
Photo by Michael Akresh
22 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-9.45.24-AM.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cef.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cf2.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cf4.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma