View Record #5073



ID5073
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutNear Varadharaja Temple. Kancheepuram - Chingleput highway road.
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictKanchipuram
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude12.82035255
Location Longitude79.72667694
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Town
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?Often: I saw sparrows several times a week
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?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Two pairs of sparrows are coming to my house as pairs searching food for their infants. Actually, sparrows are giving spiders as food for infants. I know this facts, since sparrows were lived in my house by having their nests within my house. My father informed this fact to me. Now, I saw these sparrows are coming to my sitting in windows and searching insects like spiders in my house.
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?