View Record #5353
| ID | 5353 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Habak (Home Residence along roadside) |
| Rough Address/Area | Habak Naseem Bagh, Near Petrol Pump |
| City/District | Srinagar |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Location Latitude | 34.14584732 |
| Location Longitude | 74.83708191 |
| 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? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
| 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 fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 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? | Our home harbors different kinds of trees (Poplars,Rubinia psuedoacacia,one each tree of apple(prime attraction), peach, queens apple,plums,morus, few trees of Pomegranate, and some home grown shrubs as well as flowers. These trees always attract birds during different seasons. Especially during the fall, different types of non-residential birds like Alexandrine parakeet always visit our home grown garden (an area of 2 Kanals) every year. Other birds are occasionally sighted year round like Himalayan whistling thrush, other smaller colored birds of the size of sparrow,black birds smaller than Myna, etc. Himalayan Bulbul and Mynas are always sighted besides crows and eagles. One bird which i always miss to sight now is the Hoopoe and also I badly miss the Collard Dove and especially its lovely peaceful voice. With too many optimistic people around, we have a pessimistic future ahead were we will be left with the monotonous sightings of our own species- Homo sapiens. How boring life will be, O Lord... Mudasir Ali ^^^wild^^^ ^Think Wild^ |
| 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? |
