View Record #5668



ID5668
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutGrihalakshmi Apartments
Rough Address/AreaCorporation Colony, New Washermanpet
City/DistrictChennai
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude13.12833118
Location Longitude80.29025269
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
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?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
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?Often: I saw sparrows several times a week
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?i live in an Apartment and i know there are sparrows here but they are very less compared to the number they were say 10years ago , so i had to basically search them out this time and i spotted 9 sparrows (6male and 3 female) Am sure here are a lot more sparrows here but it is very difficult to search them , It took me nearly 7 hours to spot the 9 sparrows that i saw ....
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Apartment complexes
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Don't know
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?1995-1999