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Techniques Final AGE
Aging
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gray Squirrel | Four Teeth then Peg |
| Fox Squirrel | Four Teeth NO Peg (F-Fox, F-Four) |
| Flying Squirrel | Tiny |
| Muskrat | Teeth lines the skull = Juvenile, Teeth lines not to skull = Adult |
| Doves | if no buffy tip = Adult, if buffy tip = Juvenile, count back from 10 |
| Deer Pelvic Girdle | nothches = female, no notch = male |
| Turkey Tails | not forearm length = female, forearm length = male: top feather baring full = juvenile, top feather barring all the way up = adult |
| Bacula, Otter | not as curved as raccoon |
| Bacula, Beaver | short, straight, little |
| Bacula, Raccoon | curved almost to 90 degree angle |
| Bones fused | adult |
| Opossum skull | pinch |
| Raccoon skull | light bulb |
| Gray Fox skull | “U” shape |
| Red Fox skull | “V” shape |
| River Otter skull | flat on top |
| Dog skull | dipped/ sloped forehead |
| Coyote skull | smooth slop from eyes to nose |
| Ruffed Grouse tail feathers | Male = full brown bar, Female = broken brown bar |
| Woodcock wing | dark bands & symmetrical = juvenile, Female = bigger, Male = thinner |
| Beaver skull more fused closer to adult, <5mm adult, >5mm Juvenile, >15mm Kit | more fused closer to adult, <5mm adult, >5mm Juvenile, >15mm Kit |
| Snipe | “V” shaped, black and white |
| Quail | little white tips |
| Ringneck | look like scaup w/o white |
| Scaup | white back feather w/ black tips |
| Canvas back | molted with more white than black |
| Ruddy Duck | brown and small |
| Hooded Merganser | half black and half white vertically on same feather |
| Bufflehead | Black,white,brown |
| Blue Wing Teal | Obvious blue and teal |
| Northern Shoveler | Teal w/ blue but blue isn’t as obvious as blue wing teal |
| American Widgeon | blue,black,white |
| American Black Duck | black,blue,black,white |
| Mottled Duck | smaller than American duck w/ molted feather |
| Gadwall | red and black |
| Wood duck | purple,blue,white,black. Female=white tear drop,Male=straight white line |
| Mallard | white,black,purple,black,white,female= white line keeps going, male= stops |
| Pintail | red/orange,olive/green,black/white w/ cream and brown feathers |
| 1½ | 3rd premolar has 3 cusps OR 3rd premolar 2 cusps is erupting |
| Fawn | not all teeth present |
| 2½ | 3rd premolar has 2 cusp with very little wear |
| 3½+ | any wear on 3rd 2 |