View Record #8357



ID8357
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutMaitri Adinarayan, Chiplunkar road
Rough Address/AreaRam Nagar
City/DistrictDombivli
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude19.21475029
Location Longitude73.08562469
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Town
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?New residential development
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
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?We have fixed a wooden sparrow's shelter with the feeder in our gallery in 2010. We were waiting for the sparrow to build a nest and lay eggs in that. And our dream came true in May 2012. 2 years after fixing the shelter! Now we are enjoying the baby sparrow chirping and also mom sparrow feeding baby sparrow. We are very happy that we have contributed to rise in the no of sparrows by giving them a shelter.
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?