View Record #5618



ID5618
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutdawale nagar, lokmanya nagar, thane west
Rough Address/AreaLokmanya Nagar, Thane West
City/DistrictThane
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude19.20912170
Location Longitude72.95380402
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?100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park)
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?Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month
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?last year i have got one plastic pot specially made for sparrows to eat & drink form bohari muslims program. when i have kept grains for sparrows last year it takes one month to finish that half kg of grains. last week my wife put grains & water for sparrows. amazingly she told me that within two to four days the whole grains was finished by sparrows. she seen 5 to 8 sparrows feeding on that at a time. she tried to photograph them but she was not able to make it.
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?