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Dr. Sumit Dookia - A large housing colony Dilip Nagar Colony Jodhpur Rajasthan

Nest boxes were provided by the locals with the kind support from Ecology and Rural Development Society, Jodhpur.


Dr. Sumit Dookia - A large housing colony Sainik Basti Nagaur Rajasthan

Round the year sparrow population can be seen, also nests in the nesting season. Population is slightly increasing since last 4-5 years, and yes two mobile base towers are also nearby (less then 90 mt.) from the reporting site.


Dr. Sumit Dookia - A privately owned natural land Jalore Rajasthan

This area is also known as Jalore Wildlife Sanctuary (Private) managed by Sh. Balwant Singh ji of Kanhiwara and his two sons Sh. Ravi Singh ji and Bhawani Singhji.

A area more then 300 hect. scrubland left out form cultivation for the wildlife.


Dr. Sumit Dookia - Railway Traffic Collony Ratanada Jodhpur Rajasthan

Sh. Mangal Singh ji Rawat, Rtd. CTI from North Western Railway, used to live here for 30 years of his service. I also shared few years in his tenure at this locality and observed that he used to feed sparrows regularly in evening times.

Every day in the late afternoon more then 300 sparrows used to come for feeding, playing, dust bathing and also chirpping.

Every month Sh. Rawat used to spread more then 5 kg Bajra seeds for them. And he used to call it as his sparrows.

After his retirement from Railway, he shifted from that old railway house to new area on the outskirt of city. His sparrow are still visiting that site but not more then 20-40 every day.




Dr. Sumit Dookia - A small village of 250 houses. Nagaur Rajasthan

It is more or less a constant population and every household is having more then 2-3 nesting resident pairs.