View Record #6811



ID6811
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutArya Krishna Society
Rough Address/AreaBadlapur Gaon
City/DistrictBadlapur
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude19.14999962
Location Longitude73.26667023
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1995-1999
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Other
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?Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops)
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 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?During this period sparrows never made nests in building, though they used to try collecting dry grass on staircase tube-lights but they used to visit my house everyday. Specially in afternoon when I used to rest on bed reading newspaper they used to sit and fly on clothes- string and occasionally used to sit on my stomach. There used to be continuous chirping and fight among themselves but not serious ones. They used to be continuously present some where or the other place in my house except evenings and nights.
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?