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Techniques Final AGE
Aging
Question | Answer |
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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 |