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The table I created included all of the data I collected over the five days. It was a summary of the various bird species abundance at each of the study sites. By producing a graph that summarizes all of the data collected, it enables for trends and patterns to be clearly outlined to draw conclusions from. However, from this data I found it to be confusing how to incorporate it into a graph to obtain a more visual demonstration of the species abundance over the three different sites.
Nevertheless, I noticed that each study site had different bird species associated with it. More specifically I noticed that each study site had a dominant species that inhabited the area. This was the outcome I was expecting, however, that leads to further questions such as why particular bird species favour one site over another? What is different about each site that a spatial gradient is created?
As a secondary research project it would be interesting to monitor the bird species and their migration patterns. Since the seasons are in the midst of changing the species abundance at each of the sites must also be changing; therefore, it would be interesting to determine which site the bird species favour as their migration patterns change. In addition, it would be interesting to see the displacement of the bird species as new birds migrate into the area. I’m assuming that depending on the bird species the migration patterns are different; therefore, if a smaller bird favoured a particular site it would be interesting to observe what would happen if a larger bird slowly started to inhabit the area.
