Arun M K Bharos - Gayatrinagar, Raipur city Gayatri Nagar, Shankar Nagar Raipur Chhattisgarh

Gayatrinagar, Raipur city.

Dt 24 July 2004.

1. Female sparrows saw a fling , female Common Mormon butterfly , dashed towards it, then retreated back when reached within a foot or so, possibly butterfly,s colouration and size was too much to scare it.

Dt 16 August 2004.
1.A female brought a green coloured, 40 mm long caterpillar, placed on ground, pecked several times, reducing to fragments, then carried the larger part away.
Similar caterpillar also brought on 15 & 23 Aust and same act reepeated.

Dt 18 Aug 2004
1.Nest enforcing activity.

Dt 15 Sept 2004.

1. Full grown chick, repeatedly demanded food from parents,

Dt 20 Sept 2004.

1. Longtailed Shrike with 2 subadult chicks present in locality, four female sparrows no sooner noticed their presence, immediately dashed and drove them away