After completing my data analysis, I created a table and graph. I categorized. behavioural observations of Black-capped Chickadee across three different time intervals, focusing on foraging, caching, and vocalization. There were some challenges which included not double counting the behaviour as there were three different time intervals and to also design the best test which will help visualize the behaviour patterns easily and efficiently.
The outcome from my study was exactly what I expected. I was able to see foraging activities peak during the early part of observation around 10:10am-1045am as Chickadees were most active in food collection. I also expected that vocalization will increase during group interactions, and it did.
When I looked at my data, one thing which was a little unexpected was that majority of the patterns were observed during the early time in the day, which I did not expect as I thought it would also happen at the same amount during later times. Another surprise was that chickadee were very vocal, using vocalization frequently.