View Record #8329



ID8329
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting abouthosanagara railway station(chickjajur-holelkere)
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictChitradurga
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude14.05173016
Location Longitude76.18009949
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2000-2004
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Other rural area
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Railway station
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 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?Nests seen occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Hi.., chickjajur is my native,and my house is very much near to railway station,during 2k to 2005 I had been to hostel..,during my holidays I used to spend my holidays in my home only, I use to get up early.so,early morning so many sparrows used to come in front of my home near my home @railway station, on the trees, on light poles,on wires, and used to play with them and I was enjoying with them in the morning time,before that also they were there but I haven't noticed them:-)In that time usage of mobiles were very less compared to nowerdays so sparrows population was very much more..,
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Other food shops, Cattle sheds
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.Its a village, before cattle sheds, go-downs were there,now only buildings are there..
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Don't know
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?yup..,rice,ragi
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?Some
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?Window, Tree hole
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?2005-2009