Common Grackle Hatchling
Quiscalus quiscula (hatchling)
Newly hatched Common Grackles are helpless, sparsely downy chicks kept in a cup nest built in trees, shrubs, or human-made structures. They depend entirely on parents for insects, softened seeds, and other small food items. Their main behaviors are begging, gaping, and staying low in the nest to avoid detection. A notable fact is that grackle chicks grow quickly, preparing to leave the nest in less than two weeks under good conditions.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- NT
Growth chain
- Common Grackle Hatchling
- ?
- Common Grackle