View Record #8630
| ID | 8630 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | gudivada |
| Rough Address/Area | |
| City/District | Gudivada |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Location Latitude | 16.43256378 |
| Location Longitude | 80.99279785 |
| 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? | 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? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
| 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? | My childhood was spent at my grandpa's home, where koyal bird and sparrows were found more frequently, my mom still remember that when i started walking on my own, i use try to catch sparrows, while eating and at the time to go to sleep i use to play with sparrows, afterwards we moved to another residential area of the town, where birds are hard to see! In april 2010 my grand father expired, that was the time to clear all his belongings from our old house located in parasuram street, the roof was untouched from last several years..early in the morning i climbed the sunside of the untatched house and found nests of sparrows and nearly 30 sparrows there, all the birds flew from there and i cleared my grandpa's belongings without hindering the sparrow nests. after wards we left that house free and no one resided there till last december. the only house of the street where sparrows can be seen is our's. From this december my grandma resides there, she is not finding sparrrows there much frequently as before and she is been saying that sparrows left this place along with my grandpa!! i can see some sparrows at the market and at the rice mill in the outskirts of the town frequently |
| 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? |
