Rajiv K. Singh Bais -
Bock-A Sector 33 Noida Uttar Pradesh
Here Sparrows are generally seen eating grains or bits of bread or other food. But when it comes to feeding their youngs they go all out to capture more nutritious big healthy insects. On 19 April 2011 one such determined female captured a large praying mantis in A block of Sector 33 Noida and repeatedly battered it on the ground till all the legs and wings broke off. She then carried it off to some nearby nest not visible from the place where I stood. I took many photographs of this activity.
Here Sparrows are generally seen eating grains or bits of bread or other food. But when it comes to feeding their youngs they go all out to capture more nutritious big healthy insects. On 19 April 2011 one such determined female captured a large praying mantis in A block of Sector 33 Noida and repeatedly battered it on the ground till all the legs and wings broke off. She then carried it off to some nearby nest not visible from the place where I stood. I took many photographs of this activity.
