Abhishek Ghoshal -
Pipalkoti Chamoli Uttarakhand
I was on my way to my field area in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve for one of my semester projects. In the town of Pipalkoti we were stuck because of a landslide a few kms ahead. A flock of c. 25 house sparrows flew from the road side bushes onto the roadside dirt and many of them put their abdomen on the dirt and started wiping dust with their wings! Though i don't know exactly what they were trying to do. It was a wonderful sight to see so many house sparrows together as I had not seen so many at a time for long. I have photographs of them as well. However, I used to see groups of 5-10 house sparrows occasionally in the FRI campus and in the villages behind the campus. Hope these information will be of help. Thank you.
I was on my way to my field area in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve for one of my semester projects. In the town of Pipalkoti we were stuck because of a landslide a few kms ahead. A flock of c. 25 house sparrows flew from the road side bushes onto the roadside dirt and many of them put their abdomen on the dirt and started wiping dust with their wings! Though i don't know exactly what they were trying to do. It was a wonderful sight to see so many house sparrows together as I had not seen so many at a time for long. I have photographs of them as well. However, I used to see groups of 5-10 house sparrows occasionally in the FRI campus and in the villages behind the campus. Hope these information will be of help. Thank you.
