View Record #1557



ID1557
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutAntharagange religious place
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictKolar
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude13.14252281
Location Longitude78.10051727
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2005-2009
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Other rural area
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Forest
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town)
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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?During the time period mentioned, early morning and in the evenings one can have eyeful view and ear full chirps of sparrows of not less than 150. The place i sighted is a religious place in a middle of a hill (Located in Kolar). But currently, there has been drastic fall in the number of sparrows and even it's rare to sight many a times.
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?