View Record #1026



ID1026
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutResidential Colony
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictHassan
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude13.01062489
Location Longitude76.09803772
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Old residential area
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I lived there
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Always: I saw sparrows every day
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Sparrows have lived here since ages. Our house was built 35 years ago and even from that time sparrows are here. One more thing is there are 2 mobile towers roughly 100mts from our home but still we can see them regularly. But their numbers has been decreasing rapidly. As I remember there were nearly 50-100 sparrows. Now its just 5-10 of them. They are used to eating biscuits than any other grains here. They will be feeding of biscuits put for dogs. We also have made a small water pool where they can bathe and drink water.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?