View Record #1055



ID1055
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutramnagar colony near vinayaka temple
Rough Address/AreaRam Nagar Colony
City/DistrictChittoor
StateAndhra Pradesh
Location Latitude13.21227551
Location Longitude79.08853149
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Town
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?New residential development
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
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?Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?No sparrows observed
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?In the area mentioned above I lived there for 25 yrs of life time.. in my childhood there are lot of sparrows, but now in the recent years (in the past 5-7 yrs) especially in the last 2 yrs.. seeing sparrows were drastically decreased. i think the reason being the cell phone towers which came up in every street. and because of their radiations they started disappearing
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?