View Record #8828



ID8828
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutBhanwartal Garden
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictJabalpur
StateMadhya Pradesh
Location Latitude23.16558647
Location Longitude79.94303131
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Garden/Park
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park)
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?Never: I saw no sparrows during this period
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?Does not apply: I never saw sparrows during this period
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?No sparrows observed
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?I am observing sparrows for last three-four years and i am astonished that on some places they are completely vanished.In Jabalpur city ,i never able to locate any single sparrow instead i found that green bee eater and sun birds are more common than sparrow.During my visit to Bandhavgarh Tiger Park last week (on 26-27.05.2012), i was happy to watch a couple of pairs of sparrows at a roadside hotel/dhaba in a small town called Shahpura (Dindori Dist) about 80 kms from Jabalpur.Even my 8 years old son Abhimanyu observed those chirping sparrows and reminded me that these are our chidiya,he meant that being our most acquainted birds at my permanent home at Jodhpur(Raj.)
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?