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NEHA SONAM LAKRA -
Biraj nagar, behind P&T colony, lalpur. Ranchi Jharkhand
Back in the year 1990-99, when I used to stay at my grandparents place, on the front courtyard we had a huge, tall tree of henna. On the branches of those trees, there were many house sparrows that used to be nesting on it. Every morning we watched, as they fly off their nest collecting twigs and grains. In the evening when we used to water the plants, few would fly down their nest and drink water too. My grandmother’s breakfast was usually shared with those sparrows and when she used to clean rice we could see many birds hopping around her. But in the summer of 1999, when our house got demolished, the tree was also cut off. As a result, the birds flew off from that tree. We had many other trees in our garden, but they didn’t nest in any of those.
Now, after so many years although, we still reside in nearby location but, I don’t get to see the house sparrows very often. We keep water and food container on our terrace, but very few come by. We still regret cutting down that henna tree and wonder was it the faith that we lost on those sparrows or is it their shrinking population?
Back in the year 1990-99, when I used to stay at my grandparents place, on the front courtyard we had a huge, tall tree of henna. On the branches of those trees, there were many house sparrows that used to be nesting on it. Every morning we watched, as they fly off their nest collecting twigs and grains. In the evening when we used to water the plants, few would fly down their nest and drink water too. My grandmother’s breakfast was usually shared with those sparrows and when she used to clean rice we could see many birds hopping around her. But in the summer of 1999, when our house got demolished, the tree was also cut off. As a result, the birds flew off from that tree. We had many other trees in our garden, but they didn’t nest in any of those.
Now, after so many years although, we still reside in nearby location but, I don’t get to see the house sparrows very often. We keep water and food container on our terrace, but very few come by. We still regret cutting down that henna tree and wonder was it the faith that we lost on those sparrows or is it their shrinking population?
Devendra Mewari -
Sector-7 , Dwarka Sector 7 Dwarka, Raj Nagar New Delhi Delhi
Story of Gaura-Gauri
Gaura-Gauri, as named by my wife Laxmi, are a pair of sparrows. They are busy these days in feeding their chirping chicks behind the cozy corner of cartons stacked above the air conditioner in my balcony. They keep an eye on us and go to collect feed one at a time. Gaura-Gauri came here in late February and occupied this secluded and safe corner only after a fierce fighting with another male sparrow on 13 March, 2012. Chirping loudly the males fought bravely and the intruder male was badly wounded. My wife immediately rescued the injured male and put drops of water in his open beak. But the life of the brave warrior could not be saved. A few onlooker sparrows left the site after the fight was over.
Gaura had won the battle and with Gauri occupied the corner. They both painstakingly built their nest, laid eggs and guarded the area.
Now chicks are growing fast and we know soon they will be taken to their first flight. We are waiting for the day. In 2007, the chicks took first flight on 28 May. In 2008, two pairs came and built separate nests. Chicks of a pair took first flight on 8 April. On 24 July the pair started building a new nest.
We have been observing sparrows since we came to our flat in 2003. They are in good number in our locality and with increasing greenery all around their number has also increased. I have observed flocks of sparrows in the adjoining two parks. Every morning a few of them come in our balcony and chirp loudly to awake us. Although, there are 3-4 mobile towers at a distance of about half a kilometer from our colony, still sparrows cheer up our life by their sweet chirp every morning. We hear their collective loud chirping notes near the leafy trees and bushes around the society in the evening.
Devendra Mewari
Story of Gaura-Gauri
Gaura-Gauri, as named by my wife Laxmi, are a pair of sparrows. They are busy these days in feeding their chirping chicks behind the cozy corner of cartons stacked above the air conditioner in my balcony. They keep an eye on us and go to collect feed one at a time. Gaura-Gauri came here in late February and occupied this secluded and safe corner only after a fierce fighting with another male sparrow on 13 March, 2012. Chirping loudly the males fought bravely and the intruder male was badly wounded. My wife immediately rescued the injured male and put drops of water in his open beak. But the life of the brave warrior could not be saved. A few onlooker sparrows left the site after the fight was over.
Gaura had won the battle and with Gauri occupied the corner. They both painstakingly built their nest, laid eggs and guarded the area.
Now chicks are growing fast and we know soon they will be taken to their first flight. We are waiting for the day. In 2007, the chicks took first flight on 28 May. In 2008, two pairs came and built separate nests. Chicks of a pair took first flight on 8 April. On 24 July the pair started building a new nest.
We have been observing sparrows since we came to our flat in 2003. They are in good number in our locality and with increasing greenery all around their number has also increased. I have observed flocks of sparrows in the adjoining two parks. Every morning a few of them come in our balcony and chirp loudly to awake us. Although, there are 3-4 mobile towers at a distance of about half a kilometer from our colony, still sparrows cheer up our life by their sweet chirp every morning. We hear their collective loud chirping notes near the leafy trees and bushes around the society in the evening.
Devendra Mewari
Santosh Gangurde -
Anandvalli nagar Dhamori Dhamori Maharashtra
Sparrows always used to make their nests near human house (some time in house too).they fill secure near human and they got row material from human house to build nest..they get water and food easily...!
Sparrows always used to make their nests near human house (some time in house too).they fill secure near human and they got row material from human house to build nest..they get water and food easily...!
VIDYA MISHRA -
deen dayal circle bikaner Bikaner Rajasthan
i feed them at my residence by pearl millet and hang boxes for their nesting .they will always reach at accurate time
i feed them at my residence by pearl millet and hang boxes for their nesting .they will always reach at accurate time
Ananya Kumari -
Chitkohra, Emarat Kohinoor Chitkohra Patna Bihar
We had a sparrow nest in our bedrooms ventilator. The nest was the center of attraction. It was made mostly from hey, but also had Wool strings, feathers, bits of colourful papers, Pieces of cloths and many such things which we found of no use. Nest was as big as the ventilator say about the size of our football with a very small round entrance. We loved to see sparrows which we locally called Khudbudi, come with variety of things to build their nest. Our parents were unhappy! the simple reason was they were afraid of the fan blades which had earlier chopped khudbudis heads off.
Few weeks passed and now we only saw the male khubudi.We really got worried and asked our granny to see if the female bird had hurt herself or was ill. She told us that the bird had laid eggs, but she was clueless how many eggs were laid.
We tried every possible way to reach the nest but failed each time. Every day Ma used to keep rice and a chukka(earthen cup) filled with water for the birds.
Weeks later we woke up with chattering of newborn khudbudis. Literally i jumped out of the bed to see them. After many attempts 2 week later i managed to see small yellow beaks. I can't explain my level of excitement. Later that day in afternoon i was playing with my brother, atones some thing dropped from the nest. We ran towards it, we saw a bird sooo small, without feathers , shouting at its full strength. For some time we were lost, i could not believe my eyes. I stepped forward to lift the bird but stopped because we got afraid if we would do any harm. Later we were told that the bird would take her baby home herself, if she leaves her child it meant the child was ill and can infect her other babies also. We were left heart broken. Along with our friends we guarded the baby. Khudbudi came back in the evening. She started trying to lift her baby, after 5 minutes she took her baby back to the nest. All of us had a smile on our face...Khudbudi was a part of our family now.
We had a sparrow nest in our bedrooms ventilator. The nest was the center of attraction. It was made mostly from hey, but also had Wool strings, feathers, bits of colourful papers, Pieces of cloths and many such things which we found of no use. Nest was as big as the ventilator say about the size of our football with a very small round entrance. We loved to see sparrows which we locally called Khudbudi, come with variety of things to build their nest. Our parents were unhappy! the simple reason was they were afraid of the fan blades which had earlier chopped khudbudis heads off.
Few weeks passed and now we only saw the male khubudi.We really got worried and asked our granny to see if the female bird had hurt herself or was ill. She told us that the bird had laid eggs, but she was clueless how many eggs were laid.
We tried every possible way to reach the nest but failed each time. Every day Ma used to keep rice and a chukka(earthen cup) filled with water for the birds.
Weeks later we woke up with chattering of newborn khudbudis. Literally i jumped out of the bed to see them. After many attempts 2 week later i managed to see small yellow beaks. I can't explain my level of excitement. Later that day in afternoon i was playing with my brother, atones some thing dropped from the nest. We ran towards it, we saw a bird sooo small, without feathers , shouting at its full strength. For some time we were lost, i could not believe my eyes. I stepped forward to lift the bird but stopped because we got afraid if we would do any harm. Later we were told that the bird would take her baby home herself, if she leaves her child it meant the child was ill and can infect her other babies also. We were left heart broken. Along with our friends we guarded the baby. Khudbudi came back in the evening. She started trying to lift her baby, after 5 minutes she took her baby back to the nest. All of us had a smile on our face...Khudbudi was a part of our family now.
