Table 1.
Model selection results testing the hourly patterns of feeder visitation for black-capped chickadee, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch and house finch.
| species | model | AIC | k | ΔAIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| black-capped chickadee | Discrete | 50496.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Sunrise/Sunset | 50702.5 | 8 | 206.2 | |
| Linear | 51659.9 | 5 | 1163.6 | |
| Biomodal | 51773.1 | 6 | 1276.8 | |
| Null | 52721.5 | 4 | 2225.3 | |
| tufted titmouse | Discrete | 42308.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Sunrise/Sunset | 42404.0 | 8 | 96.0 | |
| Linear | 43207.6 | 5 | 899.6 | |
| Bimodal | 43323.5 | 6 | 1015.5 | |
| Null | 43796.3 | 4 | 1488.4 | |
| white-breasted nuthatch | Discrete | 16914.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Sunrise/Sunset | 16950.6 | 8 | 35.6 | |
| Bimodal | 17099.8 | 6 | 184.8 | |
| Linear | 17101.5 | 5 | 186.6 | |
| Null | 17337.8 | 4 | 422.9 | |
| house finch | Discrete | 4805.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Sunrise/Sunset | 4806.7 | 8 | 1.5 | |
| Bimodal | 4844.9 | 6 | 39.7 | |
| Linear | 4849.5 | 5 | 44.3 | |
| Null | 4860.5 | 4 | 55.3 |