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Name: Mike B.
Status: student
Age: 9
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Date: 4/1/2004
Question:
I am doing an experiment to see if birds are attracted to certain colors, one bird feeder is yellow, red, and green. are there any articles or research done on the subject to compare my findings to?

Replies:
There are hundreds (probably thousands) of articles on what effects colors have on bird behavior. Color is quite important to bird behavior, both feeding and in "mating"...that's one reason birds (usually males) have bright colors. Remember that Ornithology is the study of birds.

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