View Record #6086



ID6086
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutPudukulam Tank
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictPudukulam
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude9.78652763
Location Longitude78.39524078
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1985-1989
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?Agricultural fields
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 was a kid, and it has built its own nest on my house, we use to feed more to the birds. It use to make the sounds that really makes us very happy. But now a days no one knows where they all sparrow went, and what is the reason behind it. Our day to day busy life we all forgot to remember the sparrows. But when I saw a article in Dinamani, I felt very sad about them like if I lost someone from my house how would I felt that kind of feeling. I started thinking how we can save the sparrows to build the old relationship again. Your site and this initiatives really made me little confident that we can do alteast some help to the sparrow to make them life happily along with our life.
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?