View Record #8416
| ID | 8416 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Maragoal |
| Rough Address/Area | |
| City/District | Chitapur |
| State | Karnataka |
| Location Latitude | 17.12302017 |
| Location Longitude | 77.08720398 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Village |
| 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? | 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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 birds |
| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen frequently |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Our house constructed in 1920 around my grand father, since it was same untill 2006, so lot of space in our house and lot of plants for ex: Neem, Gauva, Subabul, Aegle mermelos, Tamarind, Custard apple, Acacia etc were there, they made lot of nest in the walls of our home as well as holes of wooden roofs and floors, our family have to care of all the sparrow to feeding broken sorghum, rice and kitchen leftover, in the evening we hear very lot of noise of these sparrows those days in my home, i saw many time during heavy rain lots of mortality of these sparrow in my home, their eggs and young ones we saw many fallen from nest we saw routinely,we kept without touching the young one in their nest in absence of sparrows.those memories were till in my mind, wheneve I use to go my native I feel looking those holes, floors, wall spaces, now also we have but very few. i know because of radiation, pollution, modernization and urbanization we are loosing a sparrows in our village. So, we should take care of these birds to sustain their livelihood and improving the biodiversity. |
| 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? |
