View Record #10882



ID10882
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutThis is the residential colony near city outskirts
Rough Address/AreaHaroon Colony, Khajrana
City/DistrictIndore
StateMadhya Pradesh 452016
Location Latitude22.73425674
Location Longitude75.91650391
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (outskirts)
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?Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops)
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?Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month
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 occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?What I have observed that the House Sparrow need open space around houses(if living in residential colonies) , they got both food and water in sufficient quantities(both naturally and from the feed grains provided by residents) but main problem is of suitable nesting places. I saw the struggle between House Sparrows,Red-vented Bulbuls,Rock Pigeons, Pied Starlings,Laughing Doves, Brahminy Starlings and Brown Rock-chats for suitable strategic nesting place. I observed few year ago that the same nesting shared by House Sparrows, Rock Pigeons,Brahminy Starlings and Laughing Doves.
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?