View Record #1321



ID1321
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutResidential Area
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictHowrah
StateWest Bengal
Location Latitude22.65648651
Location Longitude88.33483887
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2005-2009
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
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?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?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 occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Hey! Actually I want to share a lovely story about sparrows. In our house there is a big lawn. Everyday morning my father spreads puffed rice on the lawn and many birds including sparrows, Mayna, dove, crow etc. comes to eat that. Whenever I get time I sit by the lawn and see them. but now-a days I am feeling the numbers is somehow has been decreased. If there had been 15 sparrows in a day, now it may be 10. I am grateful to get connected with such a website which is involved to reserve our little chirpy friend.
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?