View Record #3157
| ID | 3157 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Champadali More, Barasat |
| Rough Address/Area | |
| City/District | Barasat |
| State | West Bengal |
| Location Latitude | 22.71911049 |
| Location Longitude | 88.48637390 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2000-2004 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
| 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 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 frequently |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Flocks of sparrows chirped all day, sitting along the electricity cables running below our balcony. My mother and I spent afternoons observing them. Every year, a pair used to nest in our kitchen. The busy parents had hectic days bringing in hay and twigs to build the nest, eventually bugs and worms when the chicks fledged. After a hard day's work, they surely didn't want to be disturbed after dusk, which invariably forced Mother to cook dinner in candle-light. Exciting times they were! They stopped visiting us about five years ago, neither have I seen many sparrows in the locality lately. |
| 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? |
