View Record #8216



ID8216
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutIndia
Rough Address/AreaBasavanagudi
City/DistrictBengaluru
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude12.94223022
Location Longitude77.57483673
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1990-1994
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
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?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?Nests seen occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?I use to watch sparrows daily in my childwood days. We were feeding the food grains to sparraow daily. Also I observed lot of sparrows present in front of grossary shops & Floor mills. Shop keepers normally cleaning the corns & food grain in front of the shop. Sparrows are attracted to come pick the grains. Now a days all such activities are stpped and we get factory cleaned & packed food grains & floor.
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?