Conclusion:

          Of all the species, the results of our seed preference study concluded that the black oil sunflower seeds were by far the most eaten seed. The percentage of sunflower seeds eaten could be contributed to the high number of Chickadee’s in the area which had a very noticeable preference for them. Crushed peanuts turned out to be a big surprise in our study, they were very popular among almost all the birds that came into our feeders and seemed as popular with other species as the sunflowers were with the Chickadee’s. The overall number of peanuts taken were less than sunflower because there were fewer other species to take the peanuts. This leads us to believe crushed peanuts would be the overall greatest attractant of birds in the area according to the number of species it brings in.