View Record #911



ID911
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutESI quarters
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictHyderabad
StateAndhra Pradesh
Location Latitude17.44838333
Location Longitude78.44021606
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1995-1999
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?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 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?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Fluttering of wings and Chirping of these lovely creatures made every home beautiful and pleasant. Our mornings started with the pleasant presence of these birds all around our homes. Very cute and little homely birds rightly deserve the name - house sparrows. Immensely miss these ones today. It is very very hard and rare to spot one these days. Feel deep pity and sad for this. Hope they become visible again and make our surroundings as good and beautiful as they were some time back. I Pray this happens.
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?