View Record #9789



ID9789
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutMylapore,Chennai
Rough Address/AreaMylapore Tank Bus Stop, Ramakrishna Mutt Rd, Sankarapuram, Mylapore
City/DistrictChennai
StateTamil Nadu
Location Latitude13.03390312
Location Longitude80.27071381
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1950-1954
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?We had seen a lot of sparrows in our locality in 1950s. In fact in our house we had sparrow nest. Many generations of this birds laid eggs in that nest in our house and lived. Nice to see them everyday.Even today we see sparrows in our busy locality,
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?