View Record #8537



ID8537
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting abouttalakaveri layout
Rough Address/Areatalakaveri Layout
City/DistrictBengaluru
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude13.06783009
Location Longitude77.59709930
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (outskirts)
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?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?Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year
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?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Iam staying at this place for last 7 years . When I moved to this place there was lot of sites empty as ours was a new layout and due to empty sites which had no houses there where lot of weed and sparrows used to nest there and there where hell lot of sparrows as days went by more and more houses started developing and there where no places for the sparrows to nest, due to this a lot of sparrows started disappearing !!! nowadays i see one or two sparrows once in 2 weeks or once in a month .
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?