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CN Subramaniam -
Eklavya Campus, Malakhedi Hoshangabad Madhya Pradesh
I am writing from Hoshangbad, in Madhya Pradesh. i live in Kothi Bazar a locality on the banks of the Narmada and my office is in Malakhedi in the same town.
I had been distressed by the sudden disappearance of sparrows which used to haunt our houses some ten years ago. They used to make their nests all over the house, between books, on fan cups, in the ventilator, etc etc. they flew around the house and often got struck by the fans. During the mating seasons male sparrows could be seen fighting their images on the mirror much to our amusement. But all this vanished some years ago, in fact we did not even notice their disappearance till we read about it. We were told that this was due to the mobile phone.
We were gladdened when they reappeared a couple of years ago - again it is difficult to say when exactly. I have been observing them carefully during the last few weeks and can share a few interesting observations. it appears that they are avoiding interiors of houses. I no longer find them nesting within the rooms. however they seem to be nesting in the interface between the buildings and the outside. For example we have an external wall with a tiled veranda in our office. I find about two to three nests where the tiled roof and the wall meet. Further, we have bamboo 'chicks' to keep away the sun in other long verandas and we usually tie them up during the winter. As the summer set it we realised that there were sparrow nests in the folds of many of these 'chicks'. I can spot at least ten such nests in our office. Many more in similar interfaces between the house and the outside in my residential area.
By now in many places the eggs have hatched and the young ones have even been going around with the adults catching worms in the dirt around.
It is so nice to hear them make the characteristic ruckus!
I am writing from Hoshangbad, in Madhya Pradesh. i live in Kothi Bazar a locality on the banks of the Narmada and my office is in Malakhedi in the same town.
I had been distressed by the sudden disappearance of sparrows which used to haunt our houses some ten years ago. They used to make their nests all over the house, between books, on fan cups, in the ventilator, etc etc. they flew around the house and often got struck by the fans. During the mating seasons male sparrows could be seen fighting their images on the mirror much to our amusement. But all this vanished some years ago, in fact we did not even notice their disappearance till we read about it. We were told that this was due to the mobile phone.
We were gladdened when they reappeared a couple of years ago - again it is difficult to say when exactly. I have been observing them carefully during the last few weeks and can share a few interesting observations. it appears that they are avoiding interiors of houses. I no longer find them nesting within the rooms. however they seem to be nesting in the interface between the buildings and the outside. For example we have an external wall with a tiled veranda in our office. I find about two to three nests where the tiled roof and the wall meet. Further, we have bamboo 'chicks' to keep away the sun in other long verandas and we usually tie them up during the winter. As the summer set it we realised that there were sparrow nests in the folds of many of these 'chicks'. I can spot at least ten such nests in our office. Many more in similar interfaces between the house and the outside in my residential area.
By now in many places the eggs have hatched and the young ones have even been going around with the adults catching worms in the dirt around.
It is so nice to hear them make the characteristic ruckus!
