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For my field study, I’ve narrowed down my sampling unit down to 7 locations. These 7 locations were determined by observing the number of people and anthropogenic sources in Cates Park. I’ve categorized my anthropogenic sources from no disturbance which is the forested area in Cates Park all the way to a high disturbance which is a kids playground. My point counts of foraging crows have been conducted before 10 am and the survey plot is 50 meters. These points were selected from the 22-hectare park and each point was greater than 100 meters away from the previous point. So far I have visited the park four times and I plan on visiting it one more time.
So far I have implemented many changes to my study such as: categorizing the anthropogenic effect, focused more on foraging birds, and narrowed my sampling point down to 7 locations. I also made a change to my hypothesis which was too specific so with these changes my experiment has become a lot more manageable. With the gradient moving from no disturbances to disturbed areas there has been a trend emerging that supports my hypothesis.
