View Record #1679



ID1679
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutshantivan society
Rough Address/AreaSector 30
City/DistrictGandhinagar
StateGujarat
Location Latitude23.23922920
Location Longitude72.66981506
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?Other
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?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 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?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?sparrows were missing from long time. We kept nests for them in our gallery since 4 months. But no sparrow was found. in starting of this summer we started to keep grains and water in our gallery and compound.Since last fifteen days we observe 1 male and 1 female sparrows were visiting in morning regularly. Last week we kept 5-7 plants in our gallery along with grains and water, today i observe that 2 male sparrows were observing nests and i am keeping my finger crossed wishing that they may choose these nests and become our neighbours......
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?