View Record #4684



ID4684
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutMar Thoma Syrian Church
Rough Address/Areabirla college
City/DistrictKalyan
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude19.25000000
Location Longitude73.12999725
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
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?Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year
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?No sparrows observed
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?There was time when sparrows had there own nest at my house that way back somewhere in 2002-05, when i was doing my schooling. My sister and i used to keep this shoe boxes in balcony and they used to make their nest in it. But now it is not the same i feel so sad for them. I recently saw it in my church compound which is in Masoba Maidan Kalyan (W). And i also remember we have this big tree in our area near sampada hospital where these sparrows used to chirp a lot during evening.
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?