View Record #2938
| ID | 2938 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | New Ramdaspeth |
| Rough Address/Area | Ramdaspeth |
| City/District | Nagpur |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Location Latitude | 21.13509178 |
| Location Longitude | 79.06861877 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
| 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? | 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? | Nests seen frequently |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | As a child growing up in Nagpur, we lived in a sprawling bungalow with a vast garden around us. Sparrows, myenas, crows, parrots were all around us...The sparrows especially decided to nest in the ceiling fans and unfortunately it would result in a lot of fatalities. The chicks would fall, the adults would get hit by the whirring fan. I remember trying to rescue the nests with the chicks inside along with my younger sisters... Now I live in Bangalore in a high rise apartment.It is a concrete jungle out here. No sparrows at all, no crows, a few myenas, but lot of large hawks...I wonder why? |
| 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? |
