View Record #2350
| ID | 2350 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Rajajinagar |
| Rough Address/Area | 6 Block, Rajajinagar |
| City/District | Bangalore |
| State | Karnataka |
| Location Latitude | 12.98031807 |
| Location Longitude | 77.55661774 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1970-1974 |
| 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? | 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? | Sparrows built nests in our attics, ventilators and trees on the road. They visited our balconies, backyards and porticos to collect the grains that we used to throw especially for them or leave the residue of the grains that we cleaned. Very often they entered our homes in the nights and rested on the attics. They were part of our lives and there were instances when their young ones fell off the nests and since we were told that we should not touch them, lest they will be deserted by their clan, we would carefully left them with the help of cardboards and put them back into the nests. The nests were made of cotton waste, twigs and dry leaves. We would often find their feathers. Our favourite pastime was to observe the parents (we could very well identify them)feed the young ones throughout the day and also teach the young ones to fly. Oh! I miss all that fun and feel bad that my children never got to see sparrows from such close quarters! |
| 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? |
