View Record #9503



ID9503
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutKurnji Nagar, Kuniamthur
Rough Address/AreaKuniyamuthur
City/DistrictCoimbatore
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude10.96680260
Location Longitude76.95098114
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Other rural area
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?Often: I saw sparrows several times a week
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?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Sparrows are mostly daily visitors to my neighbour's home. Old mama living over there made them as her friends. She always provide them with rice, cereals etc. Now even little delay in it they went inside her home and make noise to ask their share.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Other (please specify)
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.Rainy season inundated area, currenlty under immense land cover change to housing plots from barren patchy scrub vegetation- mostly prosopis
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Food
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?A few
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?2000-2004