Clifford Sawhney -
Railway Quarters next to Borivali Station (East) Chinchpada, Borivali East Mumbai Maharashtra
Sparrows would begin chirping crazily around 4:00-4:30 am, and the 100-odd birds sounded like thousands of birds.Moreover, the always built nests in the window-sills of our Railway Quarter flat. Nests were even built in the ceiling fan cap-holder.
Stopped seeing sparrows gradually after 1995 or thereabouts. Shifted from Mumbai to Delhi in end-1997 and never saw sparrows in Delhi, until a couple of years ago when I visited the Big Bazaar outlet. My personal feeling is sparrows' disappearance coincides with the rise of mobile telephony and telecom towers; these are the main culprits, although there may be other secondary reasons too. Sad!
Sparrows would begin chirping crazily around 4:00-4:30 am, and the 100-odd birds sounded like thousands of birds.Moreover, the always built nests in the window-sills of our Railway Quarter flat. Nests were even built in the ceiling fan cap-holder.
Stopped seeing sparrows gradually after 1995 or thereabouts. Shifted from Mumbai to Delhi in end-1997 and never saw sparrows in Delhi, until a couple of years ago when I visited the Big Bazaar outlet. My personal feeling is sparrows' disappearance coincides with the rise of mobile telephony and telecom towers; these are the main culprits, although there may be other secondary reasons too. Sad!
