young birds and old ones in the same roasting pan
she ends up with some birds too well done while the
others are tough. In Manitoba you have an adult
bird when the last two wing feathers are new. You
can tell if they are new because they will be shorter
than the other feathers in the wing. (See Figure 17.)

Waterfowl

Turning to waterfowl we find a little different
situation. Ducks and geese seem to be able to stand
rougher treatment. However, in the early part of
the season when the weather is warm you may find
your diving ducks — redheads, canvasbacks, scaup,
goldeneye, ringnecks, mergansers and buffleheads —
turning green pretty fast. Our advice for all waterfowl
is clean them right away.

Actually it’s not a big job and since it has to be
done it might as well be done sooner than later. A

ADULT Birp FIGURE 17 YouncG Birp

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