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= The Battle of the Bird Seeds: Which bird seed will birds like more? =

My Question..... -Which birdseed will attract a greater diversity of bird species? Which birdseed will get eaten more?

Hypothesis I think that Black Oil Sunflower Seed will attract the most bird species. I also think that it will get eaten the most.

Materials:



Paper

Pencil Binoculars Bird Feeders Scale

Procedure: -Fill a regular bird feeder with one type of seed. Fill the other feeder with another type of seed -Weigh the feeders with the scale and record the weights. -Go inside the house -Watch birds throughout the day and record what species they are -Weigh the feeders with the scale and record how much food has been eaten after 3 days -Repeat the above for the other two types of seed

Interpretation of Results The birds did not like the cracked corn at all. They only ate 100 grams of it. The birds liked the millet most of all; they ate 1,070 grams of it. My hypothesis was wrong though. The sunflower seed came in second for amount eaten. Almost no birds came. The seeds were getting eaten, but I couldn't catch them at it. See the graph below for more results. Conclusion The birds ate millet most of all. Either Millet or Sunflower seed would be the type to buy if you want lots of birds. Birds do not like cold weather. A better time to do this experiment would be in the spring.
 * < ==== Type of bird seed ==== ||< ==== Black Oil Sunflower ==== ||< ==== Safflower ==== ||< ==== Cracked Corn ==== ||< ==== Millet Seed ==== ||
 * < ==== Number of Types of Birds ==== ||< 1 ||< 0 ||< 0 ||< 0 ||


 * Type of bird seed || Black Oil Sunflower || Safflower || Cracked Corn || Millet Seed ||
 * Weight of feeder with seed: || 2,150 grams || 1,900 grams || 2,580 grams || 2,950 grams ||
 * Weight of feeder after birds eat || 1,380 grams || 1,500 grams || 2,480 grams || 1,880 grams ||
 * Total amount eaten || 770 grams || 400 grams || 100 grams || 1,070 grams ||