Saltmarsh sparrow nest with freshly hatched chick and eggs
Saltmarsh sparrow nest from Gardiner County Park Bay Shore, NY with a freshly hatched chick and 3 speckled eggs. The downy feathers of this chick are still wet from coming out of the egg recently. Nest monitoring should always be conducted by trained researchers with proper permitting.
Credit: USFWS. Original public domain image from Flickr