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Research Bird Deterrents by Sara and Caitlin Favorite Birds by Darren Artwork American Goldfinch by Rachel Grebe by Hannah Short Essay Birds of a Feather Flock Together by Alix Projects Students Make Their Own Feeders by Chester School Fifth Graders Poetry Chickadee by Ryan By Sara and Caitlin HYPOTHESIS: If bird deterrents are related to keeping birds away from boats, then a boat without a bird deterrent will have more birds on it than a boat with a deterrent. See below for a picture of the two deterrents referred to in this project.
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT: Log book and binoculars. PROCEDURE:
DATA: On November 21, 1998 we counted the following numbers of birds on boats:
On November 29, 1998, we counted the following numbers of birds on boats:
On December 6, 1998 we counted the following numbers of birds on boats:
ANALYSIS: The data shows that there are fewer birds on boats with deterrents. The graph illustrates that gull-sweeps work very well, because there were no birds on boats with gull-sweeps. The graph also shows that the fake owls help, but do not work completely, because there were fewer birds on boats with fake owls than on the boats with no deterrents. This supports the hypothesis that bird deterrents work. We learned that the gull-sweep is the best investment, rather than a fake owl, even though the owl seems to help. The data shows that fishing boats had more birds than pleasure boats. This is probably because the fish scraps are attracting the birds. This report did not look at the effects of inflatable snakes as deterrents, because we could not observe any. CONCLUSION: We went to the Monterey Marina and looked at boats. Some of the boats had fake owls, some had gull-sweeps and some did not have any deterrent on the boat. We observed different species of birds and counted how many birds were on the boats. We found no birds on boats with gull-sweeps, and fewer birds on boats with fake owls than on boats with no deterrents. Possibly gull-sweeps work better because they are moving, while a bird can get used to a fake owl. Some of the things we could do to improve this experiment are increasing the number of times we went to the marina, and bird watching for a longer amount of time. We predict that more people are going to get gull-sweeps and birds will have fewer places to land. The birds may start landing on houses and docks. If people have a problem with birds on their buildings, this study suggests they should put gull-sweeps on them instead of fake owls.
Favorite Birds By Darren
By Rachel
By Hannah
Birds of a Feather Flock Together By Alix Birds flock because there is safety in groups. Groups of birds have a better chance of avoiding predators than one bird on their own. Birds feeding in flocks always have a few lookouts ready to sound the alarm in case of enemies. Even if a predator attacks, it might get confused by the big numbers of birds and it can’t manage to get one single bird out of the big crowd. For this very same reason, zebras run in herds and fish swim in schools.
Students Make Their Own Feeders By Chester School
Fifth Graders
Brandon
Christie
Victor
By Ryan A Black-capped Chickadee sits on a tree He turns around to look at me He calls to his friends up in the sky Then he spreads his wings and up he flies
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