Approximate Hatch Weights:
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Common Name: Herons/Egrets/Bitterns
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Semi-Altricial
Down: White down
Skin Color: Gray
Bill: Long and straight and yellow to orange
Foot Type: Semi-palmate
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Yellow
Legs and Feet: Gray to greenish legs and feet
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GREG-_1st-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GREG-_2nd-week-2.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GREG-_2nd-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GREG-_3rd-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/GREG-_4th-week.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon