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Lazuli Kundu -
residental colony Girish Avenue Kolkata West Bengal
Once I was on my way on Girish Avenue(Kolkata).While I was passing through the street,I heard the sound of chirping from a tree.I can't see anyone because the time is in evening.But there must be around 10 sparrows in that tree.
I am from kolkata("Nandannagar Market" , Tarun tirtha Club Belgharia West Bengal).I never ever see baby sparrows(male).In 2009-2010 baby sparrows(female)were seen.
But now-a-days I don't see any of the little ones.
Once I was on my way on Girish Avenue(Kolkata).While I was passing through the street,I heard the sound of chirping from a tree.I can't see anyone because the time is in evening.But there must be around 10 sparrows in that tree.
I am from kolkata("Nandannagar Market" , Tarun tirtha Club Belgharia West Bengal).I never ever see baby sparrows(male).In 2009-2010 baby sparrows(female)were seen.
But now-a-days I don't see any of the little ones.
jayarajan k -
871, Sector 8, RK Puram, New Delhi 110 022 Sector 8 R K Puram, RamaKrishna Puram New Delhi Delhi
We lived at a house in Agraharam Street, Periyakuppam, a village near Tiruvallur Railway Station 42 K.M. from Chennai Central Railway Station on the way to Arakkonam Jn.Southern Railway. There was a sparrow nest inside our house where generations of sparrows lived/multiplied. I enjoyed this from 1st to 12th standard. Except for providing space for nest we never gave anything to them. They had plenty of food outside and even from some leftovers at our house. We enjoyed their nesting, feeding baby birds, most of the time there will be 2-3 offspring. They were plenty around the play ground where we used to grow up for 17-18 years playing. There used to be 30 to 50 sparrows flying together and sitting in 2 to 3 rows on electric wires between street light poles. Wonderful sight. This was over the period from 1963 to 1976.
Thereafter, I moved to Thayamkave, Choondal Village in Thrissur District, Kerala where too I enjoyed their chirping. There was no nest provided to sparrows in our house. Lots of trees are there in our village and I never seen its nest. I used to see between 10 to 20 sparrows in Kerala. I never saw the gathering as I saw during my childhood in Tamilnadu. This was for the period from 1977 to 2001 in Kerala.
Thereafter, I moved to Delhi and lived in Kabul Line, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi-110011. I was in a flat and there were plenty of trees all around and it was nice to see the sparrows in numbers similar to the one I saw in my childhood in Tamilnadu , and often more than 150 at sunset time gathering in a tree and many more sitting in electric wires as explained earlier. Lots of noice, wonderful sight. I saw nesting in the flats, i.e. at places behind sewer pipelines fitted outside flats.
Then I moved to a flat behind Chintamani Supermarket, Vepery, behind Veterinary College, Chennai. This site do not allow me to write more. Please allow file attachment facility so that bigger stories can be sent. even logging in is difficult.
We lived at a house in Agraharam Street, Periyakuppam, a village near Tiruvallur Railway Station 42 K.M. from Chennai Central Railway Station on the way to Arakkonam Jn.Southern Railway. There was a sparrow nest inside our house where generations of sparrows lived/multiplied. I enjoyed this from 1st to 12th standard. Except for providing space for nest we never gave anything to them. They had plenty of food outside and even from some leftovers at our house. We enjoyed their nesting, feeding baby birds, most of the time there will be 2-3 offspring. They were plenty around the play ground where we used to grow up for 17-18 years playing. There used to be 30 to 50 sparrows flying together and sitting in 2 to 3 rows on electric wires between street light poles. Wonderful sight. This was over the period from 1963 to 1976.
Thereafter, I moved to Thayamkave, Choondal Village in Thrissur District, Kerala where too I enjoyed their chirping. There was no nest provided to sparrows in our house. Lots of trees are there in our village and I never seen its nest. I used to see between 10 to 20 sparrows in Kerala. I never saw the gathering as I saw during my childhood in Tamilnadu. This was for the period from 1977 to 2001 in Kerala.
Thereafter, I moved to Delhi and lived in Kabul Line, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi-110011. I was in a flat and there were plenty of trees all around and it was nice to see the sparrows in numbers similar to the one I saw in my childhood in Tamilnadu , and often more than 150 at sunset time gathering in a tree and many more sitting in electric wires as explained earlier. Lots of noice, wonderful sight. I saw nesting in the flats, i.e. at places behind sewer pipelines fitted outside flats.
Then I moved to a flat behind Chintamani Supermarket, Vepery, behind Veterinary College, Chennai. This site do not allow me to write more. Please allow file attachment facility so that bigger stories can be sent. even logging in is difficult.
Mandanna -
Srimangala Rice mill Srimangala, south Kodagu Srimangala Karnataka
I have heard from my friends and also I personally saw around 7/9 birds recently
I have heard from my friends and also I personally saw around 7/9 birds recently
jaya s. parhawk -
purkul/bhagwantpur village purkul/bhagwantpur Dehradun Uttarakhand
around our house we have planted fruit and flowering trees. we also have a good-sized vegetable garden where there is a lot of bird activity which we observe every day while having morning tea. the tray being brought is a signal for bulbuls, magpie-robins and sparrows to come for their share of biscuits, tiger biscuits being their brand. since the last couple of years we find sparrows nesting inside the house, especially the dining room which has a corrugated iron roof not flush with the wall so there are plenty of entry points under the eaves. last year there were three nests inside. this year, just as soon as one nest was vacated by a pair and their fledglings, another pair took possession and are now roosting. another pair were determinedly bringing grasses, pine needles and other fibre, bunches of which kept falling to the ground as there nothing but bare square piping that is part of the roof support. finally yesterday i tied up some pieces of thermocol and parts of an egg-tray to form a platform of sorts. the pair held a determined discussion and are now building their nest. let us hope they decide to stay. there are at least two other sparrow nests outside the house, one in the garage shutter and another in the metre box.
around our house we have planted fruit and flowering trees. we also have a good-sized vegetable garden where there is a lot of bird activity which we observe every day while having morning tea. the tray being brought is a signal for bulbuls, magpie-robins and sparrows to come for their share of biscuits, tiger biscuits being their brand. since the last couple of years we find sparrows nesting inside the house, especially the dining room which has a corrugated iron roof not flush with the wall so there are plenty of entry points under the eaves. last year there were three nests inside. this year, just as soon as one nest was vacated by a pair and their fledglings, another pair took possession and are now roosting. another pair were determinedly bringing grasses, pine needles and other fibre, bunches of which kept falling to the ground as there nothing but bare square piping that is part of the roof support. finally yesterday i tied up some pieces of thermocol and parts of an egg-tray to form a platform of sorts. the pair held a determined discussion and are now building their nest. let us hope they decide to stay. there are at least two other sparrow nests outside the house, one in the garage shutter and another in the metre box.
surendra shetty -
near balthangady market Dakshina Kannada Karnataka
During my chilhood when we used to visit Mangalore, Dharmasthala and other religious places we used to observe plenty of sparrows.
This year when i visited last week I was particularly observing, but to my dismay not a single sparrow was observed around Moodbidri, Dharmasthala but on my way i saw these birds near the market area of Balthangady.
One of the reasons for their dwindling population may be the result of trees being felled for road widening.
During my chilhood when we used to visit Mangalore, Dharmasthala and other religious places we used to observe plenty of sparrows.
This year when i visited last week I was particularly observing, but to my dismay not a single sparrow was observed around Moodbidri, Dharmasthala but on my way i saw these birds near the market area of Balthangady.
One of the reasons for their dwindling population may be the result of trees being felled for road widening.
