View Record #1409



ID1409
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutjumbo Darshan
Rough Address/AreaAndheri(E),Jumbo Darshan
City/DistrictMumbai
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude19.11291885
Location Longitude72.85296631
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?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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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?I have been living in same building since last 10years.Here every morning starts with the chirping of house sparrows n every evening ends with the same.Fortunatly building premises holds loads of trees n a small garden in the centre of building.So there are plenty of places for housesparrows to make their nests. During the evening or early morning times these sparrow nests can be easily spotted on every "Ashoka" tree present in building premises. We are very lucky to have these loveliest,cutest bird among us for such long time period and we definatly look forword in preserving this specises and preserving their habbitat.
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?