Six Observations
Methods/Procedures
To test the original hypothesis, six observations were taken at many different times during the day. Observations were taken during the morning, mid-afternoon, and the evening. The data was collected on four different days. To make sure that the observations would be consistent and accurate, two sets of observations were taken around in the same time frame. The location and the weather were constant, while the time of day was altered since it was the variable that was being tested. To ensure that the weather was constant throughout the tests, observations were only taken when it was not storming or raining outside. Keeping the weather constant throughout the whole procedure was extremely difficult. Three weeks to conduct …show more content…
Because of this, there wasn’t a lot of movement. The birds stayed really close to their nests. They foraged for food around their nests as well. Most of the birds were still pretty sluggish so they just stood there and didn’t move very much. The most moving the birds did in the morning was fight over a bug. The same thing happened in the evening. The birds were not very active because they were getting ready to go back to their nests and sleep. In the spring, the sun usually says out a little longer than it does in the winter but for some reason, the sun started to set very quickly. This caused the birds to stay really close to their …show more content…
In fact, in one of the observations, twelve minutes of walking was counted. Results
An ethogram based on the observations was created to compare the data that was gathered. The birds did the most walking in the afternoon and they had the least amount of standing around as well. The ethogram clearly showed that the birds didn’t do very much in the evening. They mostly stood around, walked, foraged, and did a little bit of flying. In the afternoon, the birds did a bit of everything. From the data, the original hypothesis was confirmed.
The original hypothesis was that the birds would be the most active between noon and one thirty. The hypothesis was proven to be correct through the data that was gathered.
Table 1: The most movement was shown during the afternoon.
During the afternoon, the birds did the least amount of standing. They portrayed a variety of actions. The birds foraged for five minutes, ran for two minutes and fifty seconds, cooed for three minutes and five seconds, walked for twelve minutes and fifty-five seconds, stood for only two minutes and ten seconds, flew for forty-five seconds and fought for three minutes and fifteen
To test the original hypothesis, six observations were taken at many different times during the day. Observations were taken during the morning, mid-afternoon, and the evening. The data was collected on four different days. To make sure that the observations would be consistent and accurate, two sets of observations were taken around in the same time frame. The location and the weather were constant, while the time of day was altered since it was the variable that was being tested. To ensure that the weather was constant throughout the tests, observations were only taken when it was not storming or raining outside. Keeping the weather constant throughout the whole procedure was extremely difficult. Three weeks to conduct …show more content…
Because of this, there wasn’t a lot of movement. The birds stayed really close to their nests. They foraged for food around their nests as well. Most of the birds were still pretty sluggish so they just stood there and didn’t move very much. The most moving the birds did in the morning was fight over a bug. The same thing happened in the evening. The birds were not very active because they were getting ready to go back to their nests and sleep. In the spring, the sun usually says out a little longer than it does in the winter but for some reason, the sun started to set very quickly. This caused the birds to stay really close to their …show more content…
In fact, in one of the observations, twelve minutes of walking was counted. Results
An ethogram based on the observations was created to compare the data that was gathered. The birds did the most walking in the afternoon and they had the least amount of standing around as well. The ethogram clearly showed that the birds didn’t do very much in the evening. They mostly stood around, walked, foraged, and did a little bit of flying. In the afternoon, the birds did a bit of everything. From the data, the original hypothesis was confirmed.
The original hypothesis was that the birds would be the most active between noon and one thirty. The hypothesis was proven to be correct through the data that was gathered.
Table 1: The most movement was shown during the afternoon.
During the afternoon, the birds did the least amount of standing. They portrayed a variety of actions. The birds foraged for five minutes, ran for two minutes and fifty seconds, cooed for three minutes and five seconds, walked for twelve minutes and fifty-five seconds, stood for only two minutes and ten seconds, flew for forty-five seconds and fought for three minutes and fifteen