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=Will having a plastic snake on on the same tree as the bird feeder effect seed eaten?=

Introduction
I decided to do my graph on how a plastic snake would affect the amount of birdseed eaten. I decided on this because I wanted to do an experiment few people had done before.

**Research Summary** According to my research people got the best results if they moved the snake around everyday. Ultimately the birds would figure out it was fake and continue eating. In one case a bird carried off the snake. I decided to keep the snake in one place because I wanted to see what would happen if it were stationary.

Hypothesis
I think that the birds will realize that the snake is fake after a few days, and resume eating but still eating less.

Variables
My Independent variable the snake My Dependentvariablee is the inches of bird seed eaten My Control was using the same bird seed

Methods and Materials
Plastic coral snake Bird feeder Cole's bird seed hot mix Duct tape

To start out I put up the feeder for a week with seed and did not measure the results. I did so the birds would have time to figure out where the feeder was. Than I refilled it and hung it up for a week and measured how much seed was eaten. After getting the results I hung the snake up using the duct tape. I then refilled the feeder and waited a week. After a week I graphed the results.

Results and Data
It appeared as though my hypothesis was somewhat supported by the data. My assumption based on the data was that it took the birds about a day to figure out the snake was fake. I thought it would take them longer to f igure it out.

Discussion
If I were to do this again I would most likely make the feeder lower to the ground and have the snake on the ground as I think the birds did not see the snake because it was too high. Overall I thought that this project went well and plan to keep my feeder up and to continue to fill it with seed.