Todd

=My Question: What flavor sunflower seed do birds like best? Regular, Ranch, or BBQ?=


 * Background research: I looked on the ebirds to see what the local birds like to eat. It said that they like a varaity a of different seeds and mixtures of seeds. It said that they really like regular sunflower seeds.**

My Hypothesis: That the birds will like the regular seed the best
====**Procedure**: Place three different bird feeders right next to each other and put a different flavor sunflower seed in each one. I will put an equal amount of bird seed in each. Out one cup of seed in each feeder. I hung all the feeders on the same tree in the back of my yard.====

Data:
Week 1: In the first week from Sunday October 13th to Sunday October 20th all the seed was eaten in all three of the bird feeders.

When I checked on the feeders on Friday October 18th there was about 1/2 cup of seed in Regular, 3/4 in Ranch, and almost none eaten from BBQ. I think that it is possible that squirrels got into the feeders and ate the seed.

Week 2: Week two was a shorter week going from Wednesday October 23rd to Sunday October 27th. All the seed was once again gone but now I know for sure why that was so. It was because the squirrels got into the feeders for sure this time and I'm almost positive that that is why there was no seed at the end of the first week.


 * || Plain || Ranch || BBQ ||
 * Week 1 Start || 1 cup || 1 cup || 1 cup ||
 * Week 1 Middle || 1/2 cup || 3/4 cup || 1 cup ||
 * Week 1 End || None || None || None ||
 * Week 2 Start || 1 cup || 1 cup || 1 cup ||
 * Week 2 Middle || None || None || None ||
 * Week 2 End || None || None || None ||
 * Total of Flavor Eaten || 1/2 cup || 1/4 cup || None ||


 * Conclusion:** My data does support my Hypothesis. My Hypothesis was that birds would like the regular seed the best and that is the flavor the birds ate the most. They ate 1/2 cup of the regular, 1/4 cup of Ranch, and None of the BBQ. I think this is because the regular was something they recognized and had ate before. The Ranch was next because even know it seemed a little foreign two them the flavor is not very strong. I think they didn't like the BBQ because it has a taste that is pretty strong and it seemed very foreign to them.