James+project

//**Barbecue or Plain??!!**//

=My Question:=

Which type of seeds will birds eat more of in different bird feeders: Barbecue or Plain?

=The types of Sun flower seeds are:= Barbecue Plain

=Materials:= Two bird feeders Birds Types of seeds; barbecue or plain Observation One cup to hold seeds. =Methods and Procedures:= 1. Buy my bird feeders 2. Buy my BBQ and plain sunflower seeds. 3. Use my measuring cup to serve seeds and observe my experiment. (I measured 1 cups per day) 4. Use my camera to photograph birds eating which seed. 5. Study birds and take notes on birds and see which seeds birds like more.

=Variables:= Independant variable: the cups will always be the same measurement. Dependant variable: the time of day will change and how many seeds will be eaten will always outweigh the lowest seeds. Control variable: The weather, the change of seasons, how many birds will come to eat. Hypothesis: i believe that the barbeque seeds will be ate more than the plain.

=Research:= My first question that I want to research is, do birds have taste buds?!! The answer is that birds do indeed have taste buds,although they have fewer of them than we do. In fact, birds have fewer taste buds than most animals. For example, humans have about 9,000 taste buds, while animals like pigs have 15,000 and catfish have 100,000. Birds, on the other hand, usually have less than 400. Some, like pigeons, even have less than 100, while birds like chickens usually don’t even have 25! Well of course they taste not as humans do but they taste! My second questions is do birds have tongue's to taste? I reseached this topic in books and on the internet. The internet said yes, all birds indeed have tongue's not the way we do but they do. The books say the same thing, but they also say that the tongue of birds have different tongue textures. The biggest difference between a birds tongue from a humans, is that the birds tongue has more bones in its tongue, meaning the tongue is less flexible but much tougher. The color of a birds tongue can number of different colors, like pink, brown, and even black!

**My Hypothesis:** I believe that because the barbeque seeds sunflower are better because there are seasoned and birds might like them more than plain sunflower seeds.



=My data table:=
 * Flavor || Day 1 || Day2 || Day 3 || Day 4 || Day5 || Day6 || Day7 || Total ||
 * BBq || 2/4 cups || 1/4 cups || 3/4 cups || 1/4 cups || 3/4 cups || 1/4 cups || 2/4cups || 3 and 1/4 cups ||
 * plain || 1/4 cups || 3/4 cup || 2/4 cups || 1/4 cups || 2/4 cups || 2/4 cups || 1/4 cups || 3!!! ||



=Results:= I have now finished my data table for my project and been showing my results above. My educated guess (hypothesis) was correct, by 1/4 cup but it stills counts! The table above shows the total and the amount of measured cups in 7 days. I have carefully reviewed, observed and recorded the wonder of birds and what and how they eat.

=Conclusion:= I fully learned and produced my project to life. My data is done, graphs, results hypothesis etc all done. I know what to say and how to redo all my research in a flash.

=Bibliography:= [|www.whyzz.com/**do**-**birds**-**have**-a-**tongue**] [|www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/**birds**/Allabout**birds**.html]

[|www.birdsandblooms.]

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