View Record #4609
| ID | 4609 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | P.T.Chacko Nagar |
| Rough Address/Area | Ulloor |
| City/District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| State | Kerala |
| Location Latitude | 8.52818871 |
| Location Longitude | 76.92901611 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Open Uncultivated |
| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
| 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 occasionally |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | P.T.Chacko Nagar is a place very near to Trivandrum city. This place has a village like atmosphere eventhough its near to city. This place was a paddy field of several acres long years back and even now so many remainings of it can be seen, and that makes the birds their favorable assembly place. hundreds of birds can be seen here every evenings. I have sited one pelican here before and i guess that it was there as a part of its migration. List of the birds that can be seen here is given below. house sparrow, purple sunbird, coucal, bulbul,indian robin, white throated kingfisher, parrots, black kite, pond heron, cattle egret, house crow, black drongo. |
| 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? |
