Approximate Hatch Weights:
~1.5g at hatching
~16g by 10 days old
~18g by 13 days old
~15g at fledging
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Common Name: Swallows
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and pink to gray
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Yellow
Gape Flanges: Cream-colored
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video by Andrea Aiuto
Video by Ashley McEntire
Video by Michelle Whitfield English
Nest
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3f86.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - avg 4g
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Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week - 4g
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Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week
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Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week
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Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week
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Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week - 9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/08/107640930_10109143983081618_7390091598934804246_n.jpeg)
Photo by Liz Osborne
~2nd Week - 9g
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Photo by Liz Osborne
~2nd Week - 9g
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Photo by Liz Osborne
~2nd Week - 9g
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Photo by Liz Osborne
~2nd Week - 9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/08/107870042_10109144179098798_7282530891775630855_o.jpeg)
Photo by Liz Osborne
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3e56.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_4138.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/102575409_10217602142347691_2235697089783004563_n.jpeg)
Photo by Michelle Whitfield
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/102977867_10217602142547696_5452433780771155007_n.jpeg)
Photo by Michelle Whitfield
~2nd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/102873755_10217602143147711_1236450977723597246_n.jpeg)
Photo by Michelle Whitfield
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
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Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/102279639_271950127566900_2814554352455017605_n.jpeg)
Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~2nd Week
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Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~2nd Week
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Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~2nd Week
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Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/103091906_304740907221721_1450695643287105090_n.jpeg)
Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_401a.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3e64.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week - 14g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_40d1.jpeg)
Photo by Morgan Hapeman, Finger Lakes Raptor Center
~3rd Week - 14g
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Photo by Morgan Hapeman, Finger Lakes Raptor Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/104369037_277506186941701_8226941599133941552_n.jpeg)
Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~3rd Week
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Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~3rd Week
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Photo by Michelle Whitfield English
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-6926-NRWS-22-Jun-2018-Holmgren-M.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren