Capture and recapture is a method to observe animals, give information on survival, recruitment, and size of the population. You capture the animals and mark them and release them. Mark and release repeatedly.
Objective:
The purpose of this experiment was to analyze the amount of marked beans of the beans we would catch.
Hypothesis:
If the number of marked beans represents the number of the mocking jays in the forest and the unmarked beans are the food supply then the mocking jays population would increase because they have so much food.
Materials List:
White Kidney Beans
Paper
Paper Bag
Pencil
Procedure:
Get the bag with beans in it and take it to the table.
Go into the bag and grab a handful.
Count the beans that you