B.I.T. - Bird Identification Tally
by Breanna, Calvin, Brandi, and Nikyta — Haldane Elementary School, Chase, BC
June 2010 — Haldane Elementary took part in the SEEDS BIT Challenge in the month of May. Haldane has taken part in this challenge for the past 15 years. We have noticed a change in the numbers of different species coming in to British Columbia. The Green Kids Club studied birds and sponsored the event, providing ten prizes for students entries drawn.
Eco-reporters from the grade six class also studied birds and took on the job of totalling all the tallies.
What we basically did is we tallied up the type of birds and the quantities that each individual student saw. Then we put the information on an official folder. After we did this we listened to an audio bird-book about the types of birds we tallied and learned more about birds in British Columbia.
May 2010 B. I. T. Results
Total number of BIT forms: 54
Total number of bird sightings: 3215
Bald Eagle |
119 |
Black Bird (Various) |
123 |
Bluebird (Various) |
16 |
Blue Jay |
30 |
Chickadee (Various) |
200 |
Coot |
0 |
Cow Bird |
0 |
Dove-Mourning |
0 |
Duck (Various) |
130 |
Flicker |
1 |
Goldfinch-American |
127 |
Goose-Canada |
178 |
Grackle |
0 |
Grebe (Various) |
0 |
Gull (Various) |
86 |
Hawk (Various) |
44 |
Heron-Great Blue |
0 |
Hummingbird |
241 |
Kingfisher-Belted |
0 |
Loon-Common |
15 |
Magpie-Black-billed |
48 |
Nuthatch (Various) |
0 |
Oriole (Various) |
0 |
Owl (Various) |
5 |
Pigeon-Rock Dove |
92 |
Robin |
180 |
Sparrow(Various) |
308 |
Starling |
177 |
Swallow (Various) |
185 |
Tern(Various) |
0 |
Turkey Vulture |
10 |
Waxwing (Various) |
0 |
Warbler (Various) |
2 |
Woodpecker |
58 |
Wren-House |
1 |
Other |
119 |
Unidentified |
338 |
Special Note: Many more woodpeckers and turkey vultures are being seen in our area of BC in the last five years.
