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Bird migration project

By: Jacob Reed

Why birds migrate

}Birds migrate from areas with depleting resources to a area where there are more resources and nesting sites.

}A key example is how Geese fly south for winter for more food and because they will have a place for their nesting

}Then they fly back in early spring to take advantage of the bugs digging out of their burrows which is easy picking for the birds

Bird migration cotd.

}All birds however do not migrate because they are residential to a particular area and they just either bury them selfs in their nest or some make a borough in a hollowed out tree and make a nest in it.

Migration data spot 1 september

Date Bird species # of species

9/27/2014 American Gold Finch 20

Canadan Geese 10

Northern Cardnarl 1

9/30/2014 American Gold Finch 19

Carolina Chickaties 3

Blue Jay 1

Northern Cardnarl 1

migration data spot 1 october part

1 10/4/2014 American Gold Finches 20

Canadian Geese 2

10/6/2014 Crows 5

American Gold Finch 15

Blue Jay 3

10/8/2014 Crows 3

Song Sparrows 15

Mourning Doves 2

Blue Jay 1

Northern Cardnal 1


Red Tailed Hawk 1

migration data spot 1 part 2

10/11/2014 Blue Jay 3

Northern cardnarl 4

Mourning Doves 12

10/13/2014 Crows 1

American Gold finches 3

Mourning Doves 1

10/16/2014 Mourning Dove 1


migration data spot 1 part 3

10/19/2014 Mourning Dove 2

Carolina Chickapee 4

10/22/2014 Carolina Chickapee 2

migration data spot 2 september

Date Species of Birds number of birds

9/27/2014 Canadian Gese 25

Northern Cardnarl 1


Mallard Ducks 2

Northern Cardnals 1

Blue Jay 1



Mallard Ducks 2

Blue Jay 1


Blue Jay 2


Mallard Ducks 2

Downy Woodpecker 1


210/11/2014 Downy Woodpecker 1

Mallard Duck 2


10/16/2014 No birds were seen 0

10/19/2014 No birds were present 0

10/22/2014 No birds were present 0

migration data spot 3 september

Date Species of bird number of species




Blue Jay 1

Goldfinch 1

migration data for spot 3 october

part 1 10/4/2014 Canadian Gese 3

Blue Jay 1

Northern cardnal 1


Blue Jay 1

Northern Cardnal 1

Gold Finch 3


Red Tailed Hawk 1


210/11/2014 Carolina Chickadee 15

10/13/2014 Crows 4

Carolina Chickadee 1

10/16/2014 Carolina Chickadee 3

10/19/2014 Crow 1

10/22/2014 no birds present 0

sources

● What Bird. Percevia, 22 Oct. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatbird.com%2Fbirdexpert%2FStateColorSize%2F3%2F6514%2F306%2Fbirdexpert.aspx>.

-The date of the second 22nd was because it was updated that day● "Fall Migration - Pennsylvania." Fall Migration - Pennsylvania. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2014.

<http://www.birdnature.com/fallpa.html>.● "News and Features." Pennsylvania EBird. Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology, n.d. Web. 22

Oct. 2014. <http://ebird.org/content/pa/>.● Mayntz, Melissa. "Why Birds Migrate." (2014): n. pag. About.com. 2014. Web. 10 Oct. 2014.

<http://ebird.org/content/pa/>.● Poppick, By Laura. "Swift Record! Migrating Birds Fly Nonstop for 6 Months."LiveScience.

TechMedia Network, 08 Oct. 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2014. <http://www.livescience.com/40268-alpine-swifts-fly-nonstop.html>.

● "All About Birds." : Migration. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2014. <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/studying/migration/>.