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Labeling Owl With Fluorescent Compound To Help Determine Aging

Jim McCormac, Special to The Columbus Dispatch, writes about the Northern saw-whet owl in Ohio and associated research including labeling the wings underneath with a pink fluorescent compound excitable with ultraviolet light. The intensity of the fluorescence helps later viewers to estimate owl age.Lots of interesting and little-known creatures emerge under cover of darkness. Some…

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