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anupama mandi -
shankar vihar New Delhi Delhi
I have tried unsuccessfully to invite sparrows to nest in my old wooden letterbox put up high on the balcony wall.But across 06 years ,it has been the common myna or the garden squirrel who have based themselves prim and proper in my box. whereas the few sparrows I get to see during winters nest on window ledges or similar wall niches, only to have their nest blown away by the summer breezes or thrown away by humans.But elsewhere in coastal karnataka (the mangalore - karwar highway), I had observed sparrows nesting gloriously in corragated boxes put on temple walls/pillars/corners. That was such a happy sight!In the same coastal karnataka region,in a hamlet called Dhareshwar, I have however noticed the sparrow population dwindling across the years( 2005- 2012) . Along with the sparrows the weaver birds too have been spotted lesser in numbers during the same years.
I have tried unsuccessfully to invite sparrows to nest in my old wooden letterbox put up high on the balcony wall.But across 06 years ,it has been the common myna or the garden squirrel who have based themselves prim and proper in my box. whereas the few sparrows I get to see during winters nest on window ledges or similar wall niches, only to have their nest blown away by the summer breezes or thrown away by humans.But elsewhere in coastal karnataka (the mangalore - karwar highway), I had observed sparrows nesting gloriously in corragated boxes put on temple walls/pillars/corners. That was such a happy sight!In the same coastal karnataka region,in a hamlet called Dhareshwar, I have however noticed the sparrow population dwindling across the years( 2005- 2012) . Along with the sparrows the weaver birds too have been spotted lesser in numbers during the same years.
