View Record #9834
| ID | 9834 |
|---|---|
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Marakkanam Salt Road |
| Rough Address/Area | Marakkanam |
| City/District | Dimapur |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Location Latitude | 12.19999981 |
| Location Longitude | 79.50000000 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Village |
| 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? | 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? | During my chidlhood days, My grandpa used to hang the paddy, and millets panicles in the roof of my home and also he made artificial nesting place for Sparrows. The sparrows game and made their nest in that place and enjoy the paddy and millet grains. One fine day, my self and my brother were playing in my home, suddenly 3 few days old sparrow sibblings fell down. We took the kiddies and tried to feed them with boiled rice. My grandpa adviced us not to give the boiled rice. Then with help of my granpa we left the birds in their nest. My granpa told that it was good to have sparrow nest in the home and we believed it will bring good things to home. Years passed, slowly slowly sparrows disappeared from my home. Recent now, there was not a single nest of sparrow in the whole of my street which contains nearly about 50 houses. The gap between human and sparrow is widening year by year. Atleast it is good to observe sparrows in reserved forest and agriculture fields. Urbanization, cell phone towers, more usage of pesticide in agriculture fields, modernization of household and shrinkage of forest may be the reason for disappearing of sparrow in my street. |
| 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? |
