Approximate Hatch Weights:
~26-30g at hatching
~371g by fledging
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Common Name: Hawks/Eagles/Kites
Region: Eastern
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: White down
Skin Color:
Bill: Hooked and black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: Yellow
Iris: Brown to light gray
Legs and Feet: Pale yellow and raptorial feet
Sound clip from The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
Video by Kylee Schooley, The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 281g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4ca9.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week - 281g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4ca3.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week - 281g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4ca6.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week - 281g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cab.jpeg)
Photo from The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week - 281g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cad.jpeg)
Photo from The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/Broad-winged-Hawk-chick.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4caf.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~4th Week - 256g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5283.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 256g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5285.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 256g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5287.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/IMG_2928.jpg)
Photo by Travis Beeler, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 226g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/48268112742_43b9556003_o.jpeg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~4th Week - 226g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/48268034636_9c0573d3c7_o.jpeg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~4th Week - 328g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5245.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 328g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5248.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week - 328g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5251.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks - 322g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5372.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks - 322g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/IMG_5374.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks - 266g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/06/IMG_4362.jpeg)
Photo by Erin Hutchings
>4 Weeks - 266g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/06/IMG_4369-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Erin Hutchings
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11696418_415813695285234_5153729448783573226_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11241795_415813755285228_8522775372822692077_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/10734007_415813851951885_4207990999718830692_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11216210_415813895285214_5622927689326725843_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11145015_415817521951518_1448599346868306714_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11216617_429783543888249_5948049029620180121_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11713694_429783640554906_6189983671356029827_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds