View Record #1483
| ID | 1483 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Sundar Nagar is a residential colony. It has 148 houses built on 950 square yard lots. |
| Rough Address/Area | Sundar Nagar |
| City/District | New Delhi |
| State | Delhi |
| Location Latitude | 28.60377121 |
| Location Longitude | 77.24263000 |
| 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? | 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? | 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? | Despite Sundar Nagar being a leafy, tree-filled area which adjoins the huge Delhi Zoological Park, sparrows have completely dissappeared from here. This is surprising and disturbing as the plot sizes and the sizes of the houses remain the same over the last 50 years. In addition, the gardens in front of all the houses remain the same. In fact, these gardens are visited by parrots, pigeons, doves, magpies, and numerous other birds. Sundar Nagar, touchwood, is full of birdsong, huge numbers of eagles circle the skies above it-but the sparrows who were ubiqitous once, have completely dissappeared. Other birds are still nesting in the many trees in Sundar Nagar as are they in bouganvillea bushes.There is no sign of the sparrows. If indeed instectisides were affecting them, then would'nt those very insectisides affect the other birds? And since other species of birds still forage the gardens in front of homes for insects, how come the sparrows are not there? Same goes for telephone towers-should'nt these be affecting other species as well? |
| 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? |
