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Hypothesis: If an area has many insects, than it will also have many birds.

Experiment Procedure: 1) Measure a space that is not by human environment and where there are most likely to be many insects around 12 ft wide by 25 ft long and mark it. 2) Estimate the count of different insects in that area 3) Count how many birds come in different periods of time 4) Repeat the same steps in an area that has fewer insects

Data Table for This Area: In the period of 10 minutes I saw thousands of moths everywhere. After 20 minutes I had also discovered 3 red ant hills. In 30 minutes I found 5 lady bugs, Then 2 bees and 1 millipeed, then some little purple butterflies, and 1 grasshopper. Overall 36 birds flew into this area and some swooped down to the insects.
 * Observations from place with many insects:** The place is bordered by the marsh water and on the other side thick bushes plants and trees. There is a lot of grass and stick-like things that have blown into the water from the strong wind. Still many ducks but the water is a lot less calm then the first 3 visits. The Heron cannot be spotted and there is a little trash near the waters edge. There are thousands of moths everywhere and as soon as you step into a bush they fly up into the air surrounding you. There are some ladybugs crawling around on the plants and ground. There are around three different red anthills with ants crawling everywhere. There are many mosquitoes buzzing around. There are many different kinds of flies. Some are small normal black ones, others have some trim of orange. There are some bees on the flowers on the bushes and a few millipedes on the ground underneath rocks. There are also many little purple butterflies that hover about a ft. off the ground. I saw one grasshopper and hear some crickets in the bushes. Birds occasionally land on the ground and rummage through the plants and collect insects. They mostly stay in the low trees and swoop down every once in a while to collect moths or other flying insects other than bees.

Data table for this area: Over the period of 1 hour i saw 2 beetle bugs, some black ants, and 1 fly. Compared to the other are this area had barely any insects. Over this period of 1 hour i also only saw 3 birds. This shows that the area with the most insects has the most birds visiting that area.
 * Observations of place with scarce amount of insects:** There aren’t any moths or flies in this are or any flying insects. It’s a open meadow and more exposed to things such as wind and human civilization. I saw about 3 beatles and a couple ants. I saw one black fly but other than that I didn’t see any other insects. Birds came to this area rarely and I only saw around 2. Aside from the fact that the food is scarce for the birds since there are no insects on the ground, the reason for no birds in the are is probably because of the cars and more people.
 * Assigned Journal Entry #4**
 * //Kingdom//:** Animalia
 * //Phylum//:** Mandibulata
 * //Class//:** Insecta
 * Order:** Lepidoptera (Butterflies and //Moths//)
 * Kingdom** Animalia
 * Phylum:** Arthropoda
 * Class:** Insecta
 * Order:** Diptera


 * Kingdom:** Animalia
 * Phylum:** Arthropoda
 * Class:** Insecta
 * Order:** Hymenoptera
 * Family:** Apidae
 * Genus:** //Apis//
 * Species:** //mellifera//


 * //Kingdom//** Animalia
 * //Phylum//** Arthropoda
 * //Class//** Diplopoda
 * Order:**Polyxenida

Kingdom:**Animalia
 * (ants)
 * Phylum:** Arthropoda
 * Class:** Insecta
 * Order:** Hymenopter