View Record #2700



ID2700
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutKajubagh,M.G.Road
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictKarwar
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude14.82400227
Location Longitude74.12863159
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?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?Other, I am posted here.
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 fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?As I mentioned above, I like photography so whenever I get time I go out and take photographs of different things/birds etc.The region is blessed with lot of forest areas as this falls within western ghat range, a thickly forested area of evergreen forest because of heavy rain.my residential area has lot of trees so finding sparrows is not very difficult,its great fun to photograph these birds. but they come in groups of two to five members but rarely in large groups,cant say what is the reason of lac of big groups, still I am lucky to see these beautiful birds daily.
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?