dillon+l

=**How Many birds?**= =Question= Which feeders will different birds like more if I put two feeders that are identical next to each other but put different types of seeds in each?

=**Hypotheses**= I think that more types of birds will visit the sunflower because I have seen websites that claim a wide variety of birds will come to sunflower. And the safflower attracts many of a couple kinds of birds websites say. The Mixed will also probably attract a wide variety of birds because there is a wide variety of seeds in that.

=**Procedure**= =**Materials**= =**Variables**= My dependent variable is that I will count how many different types of birds come to each feeder and how many. My independent variable I will set up two feeders with different types of seed in them. Also I will see how much seed from each feeder is eaten along with the different types of birds that come. The control variables are the height, location, type of feeder and distance from the house. =//Black seed data White seed data//= = = =//Mixed seed data//=
 * First I will set up two identical birdfeeders next to each other. Later in the week I will take down the safflower and put up the mixed.
 * Next I will put two different types of seed in the two feeders one in each one type of seed will be sunflower seeds, the other will be safflower seeds after 5 days I will change the safflower to Mixed blend seed.
 * Then in the morning for fifteen minutes I will write down which types of birds I see at each feeder.
 * In the afternoon after school I will do the same thing.[[image:black_and_white_feeders.jpg width="332" height="299" align="right"]]
 * I will take pictures of the birds.
 * Lastly I will finish my wiki page and do some graphs.
 * Two identical bird feeders
 * Three different types of bird seed
 * a camera
 * A sheet of paper I can record things on
 * Something to put my data
 * Bird || Day1 || Day2 || Day3 || Day4 || Day5 || Day6 || Total Birds ||  || Bird || Day1 || Day2 || Day3 || Day4 || Day5 || Day6 || total Birds ||
 * Cardinal ||  ||   ||   || 2 || 1 ||   || 3 ||   || Cardinal || 1 ||   ||   || 3 ||   || 3 || 7 ||
 * Goldfinch || 4 || 2 ||  ||   || 1 || 1 || 8 ||   || Goldfinch ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * Downy woodpecker ||  || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 7 ||   || Downy woodpecker ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * Red bellied woodpecker ||  || 1 ||   ||   ||   ||   || 1 ||   || Red bellied woodpecker ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * Black capped chickadee || 1 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 14 ||  || Black capped chickadee || 1 || 2 || 1 ||   ||   || 3 || 7 ||
 * Purple Finch || 1 ||  ||   || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 ||   || Purple finch || 1 ||   ||   || 1 ||   ||   || 2 ||
 * Tufted titmouse || 3 || 3 || 2 ||  ||   || 3 || 11 ||   || Tufted titmouse || 1 || 5 || 2 ||   ||   || 4 || 12 ||
 * Carolina Wren ||  ||   || 1 ||   ||   ||   || 1 ||   || Carolina Wren ||   ||   || 1 ||   ||   ||   || 1 ||
 * Brown headed nuthatch ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||   || Brown headed nuthatch || 1 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 1 ||
 * White breasted nuthatch ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||   || White breasted nuthatch ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * Bird || Day1 || Day2 || Day3 || Day4 || Total Birds ||
 * Cardinal || 2 ||  ||   ||   || 2 ||
 * Goldfinch ||  ||   ||   || 1 || 1 ||
 * downy woodpecker || 1 || 1 ||  ||   || 2 ||
 * Red bellied woodpecker ||  ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * Black capped chickadee || 1 || 1 ||  ||   || 2 ||
 * Purple finch ||  ||   || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * Tufted titmouse || 2 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 8 ||
 * Carolina wren ||  ||   ||   || 1 || 1 ||
 * Brown headed nuthatch ||  ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * White breasted nuthatch ||  ||   || 1 ||   || 1 ||

= = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =**Results**= My hypothesis was not correct, but it almost was. The same number of birds visited the black and mixed feeder, although there were different types of birds at both feeders. And to answer my question at the beginning I would say that to attract different kinds of birds put up either a Sunflower seed or mixed feeder. But if you want a lot of those birds definitely put up a sunflower seed feeder. About three times as many birds went to the sunflower seed feeder than the mixed. The mixed feeder though is only for four days while the others are for six, that is because I set it up slightly later. I decided it would make my experiment better but i didn't have enough time to study it for six days.