View Record #5654



ID5654
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutindalpur
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictAllahabad
StateUttar Pradesh
Location Latitude25.39942932
Location Longitude81.85436249
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
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 visited once or twice
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year
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?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?In Indalpur village, 3 to 4 km form campus quite a number of pairs were seen. On 06/04/2012 atleast 12 pairs were seen. Many were nesting. When the roof was of long grass, certinly nests were found with eggs. I even found a nest from the pants pocket of a person,Many young ones were also found. They appear to be thriving. They are living with the people. Nest are found wherever holes or crevices are found the nests are clumsy.
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?