View Record #2658



ID2658
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutNimri Colony & its surroundings
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictNew Delhi
StateDelhi
Location Latitude28.67066002
Location Longitude77.15998840
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1975-1979
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?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?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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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?I remember when I was around 10-11 years old. I house sparrow made a nest in a hole in our house balcony.The sparrow leaves evry day in the morning back before sunset. Its chirp-chirp was so cute that if any single day we did not heard the chirp then all family members got worried if sometning wrong had happen.But our tenant remains with us for a month roughly as no birds live in the house for a longer period (what I beleive).But that 1 month of my life is still the best one< only sweet memories are there. God knows Ye Chirp-Chirp phir sunne ko kab milegi.
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?