Can determine sex once head feathers emerge – males have red
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~1.7g at hatching
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Common Name: Woodpeckers
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Naked
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Straight and pink to black
Foot Type: Zygodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: Cream-colored
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video by Connie Black
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Connie Black
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Rachel Sine
Eggs

Photo by Sheida Soleimani
~1st Week

Photo by Nancy Barbachano
~1st Week

Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - 9.2g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
~1st Week - 9.2g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
~1st Week - 9.2g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
4 Days Old

Photo from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~1st Week - 12g

Photo by Sheida Soleimani
~1st Week - 12g

Photo by Sheida Soleimani
~1st Week - 13g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~1st Week - 13g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
~1st Week - 13g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
5 Days Old - avg 16g

Photo by Connie Black
5 Days Old - avg 16g

Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week - 18g

Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
~1st Week - 18g

Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
6 Days Old - avg 18g

Photo by Connie Black
6 Days Old - avg 18g

Photo by Connie Black
6 Days Old - avg 18g

Photo by Connie Black
6 Days Old - avg 18g

Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week - 14.3g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
~1st Week - 14.3g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
~1st Week - 14.3g

Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
7 Days old - avg 19g

Photo by Connie Black
7 Days old - avg 19g

Photo by Connie Black
7 Days old - avg 19g

Photo by Connie Black
7 Days old - avg 19g

Photo by Connie Black
7 Days old - avg 19g

Photo by Connie Black
8 Days old - avg 20g

Photo by Connie Black
8 Days old - avg 20g

Photo by Connie Black
8 Days old - avg 20g

Photo by Connie Black
~2nd Week

Photo by Sheida Soleimani
9 Days old - avg 21g

Photo by Connie Black
9 Days old - avg 21g

Photo by Connie Black
9 Days old - avg 21g

Photo by Connie Black
9 Days old - avg 21g

Photo by Connie Black
9 Days old - avg 21g

Photo by Connie Black
~2nd Week

Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
~2nd Week

Photo by Brenda Varvarigos
~2nd Week

Photo from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~2nd Week

Photo from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
10 Days Old

Photo from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~2nd Week - avg 23g

Photo by Nancy Barbachano
10 Days Old - avg 22g

Photo by Connie Black
10 Days Old - avg 22g

Photo by Connie Black
10 Days Old - avg 22g

Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old - avg 23g

Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old - avg 23g

Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old - avg 23g

Photo by Connie Black
~2nd Week

Photo by anonymous contributor
~2nd Week

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
12 Days Old - avg 25g

Photo by Connie Black
12 Days Old - avg 25g

Photo by Connie Black
12 Days Old - avg 25g

Photo by Connie Black
12 Days Old - avg 25g

Photo by Connie Black
13 Days Old - avg 26.5g

Photo by Connie Black
13 Days Old - avg 26.5g

Photo by Connie Black
13 Days Old - avg 26.5g

Photo by Connie Black
13 Days Old - avg 26.5g

Photo by Connie Black
14 Days Old - avg 26.5g

Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week

Photo by Rachel Sine
~3rd Week

Photo by Rachel Sine
~3rd Week

Photo by Rachel Sine
~3rd Week - 16g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week - 16g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
16 Days Old - avg 24.5g

Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week

Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week

Photo by Ingrid Hodel, WildCare Oklahoma
18 Days Old - avg 24.5g

Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week

Photo by Kevin Shepherd, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week - 17g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 17g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 17g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
22 Days Old - avg 25.5g

Photo by Connie Black
25 Days Old

Photo by Connie Black
27 Days Old

Photo by Connie Black
28 Days Old

Photo by Connie Black
31 Days Old

Photo by Connie Black