View Record #3145



ID3145
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutManali appartments
Rough Address/AreaMadhupura
City/DistrictAhmedabad
StateGujarat
Location Latitude23.04682922
Location Longitude72.59220886
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2005-2009
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?Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops)
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?Often: I saw sparrows several times a week
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 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?A pair made nest into my kitchen cloth bag hug in our working balcony. Till that time I didn't know the babies of house sparrows are purely carnivore. One day a myna came to eat the baby but hearing lots of noise we went to the balcony and it flew away. Female sparrow fell into the bucket full of water. My papa took it out. I thought it was dead. My son and I were very sad. But after a few minutes it opened its eyes. Mean while papa had dried it with a cloth. It flew away. One day when I came from school the bag was empty.I could not see the babies fly away.
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?