Approximate Hatch Weights:
~29g at hatching
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Common Name: Grebes
Region: Western
Chick Type: Precocial
Down: Dark gray down with white underside
Skin Color:
Bill: Long and straight and black
Foot Type: Lobate
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Brown to light gray
Legs and Feet: Gray to greenish legs and feet
Video by Claire Garvais, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Video by Claire Garvais, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/09/WEGRchicks-2-of-7.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/09/WEGRchicks-3-of-7.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/09/WEGRchicks-1-of-7.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/09/WEGRchicks-4-of-7.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d1f.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4d22.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 352g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4902-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 352g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4906.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 352g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4908-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 352g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4910-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 352g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4913-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - 352g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4915-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/09/WEGRchicks-6-of-7.jpg)
Photo by Marie Travers
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_464c.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_464e.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4651.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_4654.jpeg)
Photo by Lee Marcus
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-8889-WEGR-25-Nov-2019-Holmgren-M.jpeg)
Photo by Mark Holmgren