1	Change in the Bird Population in Harford Glen
2	"The habitats for the Field..." The habitats for the Field Sparrow, the Red-Winged Blackbird, and the Northern Cardinal were affected by the clear cut. Problem The pine forests were clear cut because of the beetles that were causing a disease in the trees. Event
3	Issue To what extent have the human induced changes impacted the bird population in Harford Glen?
4	Overarching Question To what extent has the deforestation impacted the bird population at Harford Glen?
5	Research Question #1 How has the deforestation of the pine forest affected the number of birds banded in Harford Glen?
6	Background Information The Bird Banding Club keeps a huge database of the birds banded at Harford Glen. Bird banding is when they capture birds using nets, list information about them, and then put a metal band on them with a serial code. I used this database to list the number of birds banded for 1980-2007 by species. I had to decode the database because they use a special code to abbreviate the species.
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10	Conclusion The line graphs seem to indicate that the deforestation did not harm the bird population, which is surprising. I’d predicted the deforestation would bring a lack of habitat. During the deforestation year, the population was on the rise and the next year it was still rising.
11	Research Question #2 To what extent has the deforestation of the pine forest affected the marshland, grassland, and forest-dwelling songbird populations in Harford Glen?
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15	Conclusions During the clear cut the amount of Red-winged Blackbirds, Field Sparrows, and Northern Cardinals banded increased. In 1997 the Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, and the Field Sparrow all dropped to one of their lowest points.
16	Inferences The clear cut probably had no direct effect on these three species because they don’t live in pine trees. In 1996 and 1997 there must have been something that could have lead to the drop in the bird species (a mystery we could look into in the future).
17	Action Plan and Recommendations Action Plan Send an E- mail to the Heseltons and the Harford Birding Society talking about what we found with the data that we collected. Recommendations Do more research to see which species (if any) were affected by the clear-cut. Before doing another clear-cut or other major change in the Harford Glen habitat, do research to find out which birds would be affected. Inform bird groups around Harford Glen of our findings and analysis, including the Heseltons and the Harford Birding Society. Conduct a study to see why bird populations were so low in 1997.
18	COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 7/21/2008, This paper is based on banding data collected between 1998 and 2008 as provided by Barbara C. Bilsborough and Susan B. Heselton, the two master banders of the Harford Glen Ornithological Observatory. Use of this data is restricted to the complete scope of this document . Any other use of the data, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of Susan B. Heselton is prohibited.
19	The Researchers Andrey Privado Ben Hendricks Bridget Newell Cole Merryman Dan Gorski Adam Wachsman