View Record #5150



ID5150
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutst thomas mount computerised ticket booking office
Rough Address/Area1st St, TNGO Colony
City/DistrictAdambakkam
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude12.99423027
Location Longitude80.19912720
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (outskirts)
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?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 frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?We are the people blessed with the little angels living among us and herewith pleased to inform that our area is a home for more than 50 sparrows. All over our surroundings you can spot small sparrow population. Most of the sparrows are in the tamarind tree near our house and those sparrows makes a flight to the surrounding areas for feeding and playing. As we have pet birds in our balcony, which is fed with grains, the sparrows came to eat the spill over. Then we started putting a separate food tray for sparrows, so they regularly make a flight to and fro from the tamarind tree to our balcony. Slowly some of them started to stay with us in the holes provided for light fittings in the ceilings. One pair has nested in our loft inside the stuffed cartoon box. Another pair staying in our lobby ceiling, Early morning before dawn they wake up along with us when we switch on the lights, it will wait chirping in the window grill till dawn and then start their flight. They criss-cross our house from window to window above our heads, so we have not put any ceiling fan along their track . In the hot sunshine afternoons they all come and perch in our lemon tree, and in the evening they take sand bath in front of our house inside our compound. It is nice to live along and watch them while relaxing in our rooms. When we see the lively movement of the sparrows all sorrows will flee along with the sparrow. So we feel blessed to live along with them. Our address: G. K. DRAVIAM No. 4 Goods Shed Road, 2 nd Street, Periyar Nagar, Adambakkam, Chennai 600 088 Tel: 044 22673422 (Behind St. Thomas Mount Computerized Reservation Counter)
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?