Andre

=**What Fruit Attracts The Most Birds**=




 * Research:** My research shows that birds will eat fruit that can be eaten by humans as well as overripe or damaged fruit. If you have a fruit feeder, that might attract fruit eating birds that you wont normally see with normal seed feeders. Most birds will eat: apples, grapes, and blueberries. I didn't see anything that said anything about the birds eating bananas.

What fruit attracts the most birds?
 * Question:**

I hypothesize that blueberries will be eaten the most out of all the fruit. They are small fruits, the are not a hard fruit (like apples) and they have a little juice inside them so that might attract them more than some of the other fruits.
 * My Hypothesis:**

My independent variable is the assortment of fruits that the birds can choose from My dependent variable is the birds My controlled variable is what fruit is outside
 * The Variables:**

15 grams of blueberries, apples, bananas, and grapes. I'll put out all the fruit out from 7:20am to 7:20pm.
 * Materials:**

I put 15 grams of apple, banana, grape, and blueberry outside around my feeder every morning. I cut the fruit into smaller sizes, and put it on my feeder from 7:20am to 7:20pm, I do this for one week.
 * Procedure:**

CHANGE "amounts left after being eaten" All of the numbers are in grams.
 * The Experiment:**

But my original experiment had blueberries, apples, grapes, bananas, oranges, and grape fruit. I wanted to see if birds would eat citrus fruit, but on all the days bees came and I think that might have frightened the birds and they didn't eat as much as they would have if there were no birds. There was a slug on day 1 and day 4. My hypothesis was mostly supported, blueberries were eaten the most as well as grapes.
 * Discussion:**

It turned out that blueberries and grapes were eaten the most.But my original experiment had blueberries, apples, grapes, bananas, oranges, and grape fruit. I wanted to see if birds would eat citrus fruit, but on all the days bees came and I think that might have frightened the birds and they didn't eat as much as they would have if there were no birds. Left over citrus is what kept the bees coming for most of the time. The grape insides were all gone most of the time. The skins were the bits that were left. My hypothesis was almost supported, but grapes were eaten the most.
 * Conclusion:**

"Educational Resources." //Fruit Eating Birds //. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.
 * Bibliography:**

"Birds That Eat Fruit." //About.com Birding / Wild Birds //. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.