Week 4 - Data Set

In a group with Keerthana, Amena,Taylor and Anthony this experiment was performed on York University Keele campus in Dambi woods and near the grasslands surrounding Dambi woods. At 4:08 pm – 4:40 pm (time of when the experiment was conducted) the weather was sunny with variable clouds around 15 degrees and there was a wind speed of 12 km/ hour. A transect was laid out at a distance of 42 m length and 5m on both sides of the transect was observed for any birds that flew over the Transect area. Dambi forest consisted of trees but was not heavily dense and transect was laid out in part of the forest that had leveled ground and not a lot of vegetation or trees covering the ground. In the grassland transect was laid out in the same method at a length of 42 m with the area of 5 m on both sides of transect being watched for bird activity. Distance – sampling method was selected because birds are mobile and easier to watch than capture and release or means of sampling. There were two main bird species sighted and the data collected was sorted into categories by the type of birds sighted. It was hypothesised that due to the weather season being fall and colder that not many birds would be sighted, and the species of birds remained unknown until sighting while doing the experiment.