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alka falnikar -
goregaon east ,jayprakash nagar,rd.5,near ib.patel rd inmap. Goregaon East Mumbai Maharashtra
surprisingly ,i observed that sparrows slowly disappeared and Gidhad and some time after few yrs. Bharadwaj is there arround in this area, now nests of Bharadwaj can be seen in our area.
surprisingly ,i observed that sparrows slowly disappeared and Gidhad and some time after few yrs. Bharadwaj is there arround in this area, now nests of Bharadwaj can be seen in our area.
Ramanujam -
Venus Colony, Vellacherry Anna Nagar, Velachery Chennai Tamil Nadu
I am living in Vellacherry from 2005, sparrow has build a nest in my house in the AC Vent Hole, and the nest has been used by other sparrows still to lay eggs.
I am living in Vellacherry from 2005, sparrow has build a nest in my house in the AC Vent Hole, and the nest has been used by other sparrows still to lay eggs.
Soumya Prasad -
Dalanwala Dehradun Uttarakhand
Occasionally see sparrows in certain locations with Dalanwala and other areas within central Dehradun. They are frequently seen in the sub-urbs (most recent sightings are from higher up in Rajpur).
Occasionally see sparrows in certain locations with Dalanwala and other areas within central Dehradun. They are frequently seen in the sub-urbs (most recent sightings are from higher up in Rajpur).
Rachana Gupta -
Shree Complex Phase-III, Adharwadi Jail Road Adharwadi Kalyan Maharashtra
Plenty of sparrows. I was a nouvelle to Kalyan from Bombay, and it was something very very unusual for us to see so many sparrows all about the place - "look there - it's a sparrow!"
There were several nests - they begged to make a nest in our house and they were just never quitting - until we allowed them!
They'd be chirping right from dawn to dusk and then night would be a sudden silence with just an owl or two to be heard.
Now all's changed. There are just mynahs and few crows, and more pigeons.
It's also reduced further now since the Housing co-operations issued an order to all residents to not put plants on their windows as it destroys the look of the newly-painted buildings.
Apart from that, there are many mobile-connectivity towers all about - each building has one in every residential society, and it's a pity the sparrows just come in very small numbers - a count of 5 max seen over a week. And disappear as fast as they had come. It's almost like they cannot adjust to the place, or cannot stand being in this area now. They seem to want to avoid it. So the counts from approx. 70 a week in 1996 to 5-6 in certain weeks of certain months.
Plenty of sparrows. I was a nouvelle to Kalyan from Bombay, and it was something very very unusual for us to see so many sparrows all about the place - "look there - it's a sparrow!"
There were several nests - they begged to make a nest in our house and they were just never quitting - until we allowed them!
They'd be chirping right from dawn to dusk and then night would be a sudden silence with just an owl or two to be heard.
Now all's changed. There are just mynahs and few crows, and more pigeons.
It's also reduced further now since the Housing co-operations issued an order to all residents to not put plants on their windows as it destroys the look of the newly-painted buildings.
Apart from that, there are many mobile-connectivity towers all about - each building has one in every residential society, and it's a pity the sparrows just come in very small numbers - a count of 5 max seen over a week. And disappear as fast as they had come. It's almost like they cannot adjust to the place, or cannot stand being in this area now. They seem to want to avoid it. So the counts from approx. 70 a week in 1996 to 5-6 in certain weeks of certain months.
Rachana Gupta -
Shree Complex Phase-III, Adharwadi Jail Road Kalyan Maharashtra
I've lived in the Adharwadi region of Kalyan since 1996. The place was thriving with sparrows then! In those days, there was a village close by (Umbarde gaon). My place, including 3 others were the only residential developments for several miles. The region to the back of my building faced a cultivation, and the road leading down deep into Umbarde village was surrounded by nothing but cultivations on both sides - for miles there would be no residential apartment in sight. As for now, things have changed greatly. By and by, there came a major residential construction opposite our complex, and therefore all the trees and a small pond which existed there disappeared. Along with that, so did many of the sparrows. We had fewer visits in our house - so fewer nests. And they only got even more fewer when many more of res. constructions began rising. I used to wonder then "why have those birds vanished? Aren't they "house sparrows"?" Even my aunt who comes to visit me from Canada every 3-4 years, expressed her sorrow that there were fewer and fewer sparrows visiting. The population was such before, that there used to be a male sparrow who would come and perch on a wall-mirror in my house - and stare at his own reflection for half the day, only to return again after (we assume) his hunger was attended to! True the mirror still has the stains of his droppings, but I never see such occurences any more, and it's unfortunate - I miss it gravely. It was a treat to wake up to an orchestra of chirps every morning, but alas! No more really. We hear just the mynahs - which makes up, but not so much as those sweet little chirps. For info regarding the area, there are a lot of constructions around, even in the village (no longer a village!) and not much cover of trees. There are many buildings with those mobile-signalling towers, less bee-hives (not at all like what it used to be!)
And unfortunately, we never seen them try to make a nest in our house since past 3 years!
I've lived in the Adharwadi region of Kalyan since 1996. The place was thriving with sparrows then! In those days, there was a village close by (Umbarde gaon). My place, including 3 others were the only residential developments for several miles. The region to the back of my building faced a cultivation, and the road leading down deep into Umbarde village was surrounded by nothing but cultivations on both sides - for miles there would be no residential apartment in sight. As for now, things have changed greatly. By and by, there came a major residential construction opposite our complex, and therefore all the trees and a small pond which existed there disappeared. Along with that, so did many of the sparrows. We had fewer visits in our house - so fewer nests. And they only got even more fewer when many more of res. constructions began rising. I used to wonder then "why have those birds vanished? Aren't they "house sparrows"?" Even my aunt who comes to visit me from Canada every 3-4 years, expressed her sorrow that there were fewer and fewer sparrows visiting. The population was such before, that there used to be a male sparrow who would come and perch on a wall-mirror in my house - and stare at his own reflection for half the day, only to return again after (we assume) his hunger was attended to! True the mirror still has the stains of his droppings, but I never see such occurences any more, and it's unfortunate - I miss it gravely. It was a treat to wake up to an orchestra of chirps every morning, but alas! No more really. We hear just the mynahs - which makes up, but not so much as those sweet little chirps. For info regarding the area, there are a lot of constructions around, even in the village (no longer a village!) and not much cover of trees. There are many buildings with those mobile-signalling towers, less bee-hives (not at all like what it used to be!)
And unfortunately, we never seen them try to make a nest in our house since past 3 years!
