Approximate Hatch Weights:
~3.7g at hatching
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Common Name: Grackles/Blackbirds
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink to yellow
Bill: Straight and pink to gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Red-pink
Gape Flanges: White
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 - 8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3acf.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ad3.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week - 16g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ad6.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week - 17g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ad9.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week - 21g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ae0.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ae3.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week - 28g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ae5.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4386.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4385.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4384.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4382.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4427.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4437.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4433.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4435.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4431.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 30g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4429.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 41g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3ae8.jpeg)
Photo by Jamie Davis-Meyer
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef6.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef8.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week - 37g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4471.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 37g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4468.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/16_05_brbl1195_061-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/16_05_brbl1194_052-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef9.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2efa.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/BRBL-3rd-week-.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/BRBL-3rd-week-2.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/BRBL-3rd-week-3.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-8279-BRBL-7-Jun-2019-Holmgren-M.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren