View Record #588
| ID | 588 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Chrch on East and GoyalShinde Park on West. |
| Rough Address/Area | Bopodi |
| City/District | Pune |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Location Latitude | 18.56397247 |
| Location Longitude | 73.83068848 |
| 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? | Grassland |
| 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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 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? | I get up every morning on hearing the chirping of birds. Not only sparrows, the usual crows, pigeons, and rare birds, migrating birds too. There was greenery all round, all nature grown. One side of Bhau Patil road is Botanical garden and Agricultural College on the West of our Goual Shinde Park,C building. Another side of Bhau Patil Road, is a vast Defence land with their godowns not frequently used by Defence with trees all round and lawn in the middle...this is on East of Bhau Patil Road, where we live adjoining the Churche at Kundan Prerana. We offer grains to the birds and water in a tub every day. When water is exchaused we can hear a different type of chirping or crowing calling our attention. When the fielt is set on fire to clear the bush, we can see the birds including sparrows crying in agony, flying helter skelter with fear, incapable of saving their nests, eggs inside and young ones in the nest raising alram incapable of escaping. This is a frequent occurance. Every morning and evening we love looking at the birds, mostly they are hidden but we hear their chirping. We can see the leaves moving and guess that birds are inside. After the fire, the open land poses a ghostly look like a burial ground with ashes all over. Even today one can see such a pathetic sight.. thogh greenery has come up afresh. We are worried everyday whether any day they can set the lawn and greenery on fire. |
| 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? |
