View Record #6630



ID6630
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutnear balthangady market
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictDakshina Kannada
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude13.09113026
Location Longitude75.17175293
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (outskirts)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Market
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?Other, just happened to be visiting moodbidri
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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 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?During my chilhood when we used to visit Mangalore, Dharmasthala and other religious places we used to observe plenty of sparrows. This year when i visited last week I was particularly observing, but to my dismay not a single sparrow was observed around Moodbidri, Dharmasthala but on my way i saw these birds near the market area of Balthangady. One of the reasons for their dwindling population may be the result of trees being felled for road widening.
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?