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Challenge Question #7

Beth & Lorraine Colford-Feckter (colford-feckter@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:30:08 -0700

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I think he marks the wing feathers to help in aging the owl the next =
time it is caught. If the saw-whet owls molt their wing feathers in a =
certain order and the bird is caught again, they will be able to tell =
how old it is. The permanent marker lasts until the owl molts the =
feather.

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I think he marks the wing feathers = to help in=20 aging the owl the next time it is caught.  If the saw-whet owls = molt their=20 wing feathers in a certain order and the bird is caught again, they will = be able=20 to tell how old it is.  The permanent marker lasts until the owl = molts the=20 feather.
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