Supplementing a grain diet with insects instead of fruits sustains the body condition of an omnivorous bird

This dataset contains observations and measurements made via experimental feeding of the Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) with grains + fruits and grains + insects in an outdoor aviary (with 4 rooms) in the A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, Jos, Nigeria. The measurements and observation are a product of experimental investigation of diet preference of the Village Weavers (determined via the amount of food left after feeding by the birds (Giving-up density, GUD) and the number of birds foraging on each diet types per given time), and how deprivation of supplementary dietary items (fruits and insects) affect the body condition (body mass, pectoral muscle score, fat score, packed cell volume, and haemoglobin concentration) of Village Weavers. The data has been processed using Microsoft excel and analysed in R statistical software.