Semi-zygodactyl – 4th digit rotates back
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~34-54g at hatching
Gains ~33g/day for first month
Females ~1000g by 25 days old
Males ~800g by 25 days old
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Common Name: Owls
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: White down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Hooked and black
Foot Type: Semi-zygodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: Pink
Iris: Yellow
Legs and Feet: Feathered legs and raptorial feet
1 Day Old - 41g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2024/03/53570343813_52be860268_o.jpg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week
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Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week
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Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~1st Week
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Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~1st Week - 394g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2958.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Great-Horned-Owl-Week-1.jpg)
Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2959.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week
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Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/IMG_9842-1.jpg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week - 434g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_295d.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 434g
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Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
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Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
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Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47b9.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_479b.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2964.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2968.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 600g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_296d.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 606g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_296a.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2970.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 605g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2972.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2979.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 644g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2973.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2975.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - avg. 619g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2976.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/imagejpeg_0.jpg)
Photo by Kendra Asklof
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47b3.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~2nd Week
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Photo by Lee Marcus
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_297a.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_297b.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week - 630g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_297d.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_297e.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2c07.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_479f.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47bb.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47a0.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_9161.jpg)
Photo by Primrose Nimnark and Carina Ziegler, New England Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_0518.jpg)
Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_0437.jpg)
Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47a2.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47a7.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47a4.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47ac.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/10648560_348839545315983_2180965951818514274_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/10549280_348839575315980_3646760139379953354_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/13698_348839618649309_330162192782757650_n.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47c1.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47be.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week - 998g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/IMG_4166.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47af.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_47b0.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_1e18.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4797.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_479e.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_2a57.jpeg)
Photo by Chris Powers, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Great-Horned-Owl-Week-4.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon, The Center for Birds of Prey