View Record #5561



ID5561
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutSri Rengapalayam Street
Rough Address/AreaSrirengapalayam
City/DistrictRajapalayam
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude9.44231892
Location Longitude77.55932617
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2000-2004
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?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 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?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?a pair of sparrows lived in the ventilation hole of my house for a long period right from my childhood to approximately 2004. at that there are lot of sparrows, mynas and pigeon after that i moved to some other town for graduation. when i came back again to my native the flock of pigeons are less and myna are few in numbers but sparrows are in 1 or 2 and that to visible rarely once in a week... nowadays still sparrows are in rajapalayam but rarely seen once in a month
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?