View Record #6025



ID6025
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutAmbasamudram
Rough Address/AreaNagaladi Street
City/DistrictAmbasamudram
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude8.70907307
Location Longitude77.45218658
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
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?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?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Compared to the previous time period i denoted here, now it is very very rare to spot those tiny birds, they visits our houses very rare in evenings, i will notice by their sounds, they stay in electric fittings for a while then flew off... i didn't traced where they used to stay these days..
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Vegetable shops, Non-food shops, Single-storey bungalows
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Neither
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?Rice, plantain
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?Some
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?Tree hole
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?2005-2009