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Anagha Inamdar -
Dhanashree Society Ganesh Nagar Pune Maharashtra
I have my office in Dhanashree Society and it is very picturesque. My cabin has a large window. Across that is a wonderful flowing nala and hundreds of trees around. A lot of animals/birds including mongooses, snakes and variety of birds live there.
Around winter time (Dec - Feb), we started spotting sparrows and bulbuls come and sit on our window sill. We then started to put up foodgrains, food leftovers, biscuits, chivda (made out of rice floor - poha) and their numbers increased. So much so that we now had to bring a bagful of these items every week to feed our little champions.
Sparrows and Bulbuls are voracious eaters and since they come in big numbers, they wipe out a good chunk of food in one go. Importantly, they prefer the more spicy stuff over plain grain.
We experimented by offering bajra grain and fried namkeen together. Voila!! the namkeen was gone in no time... looks like the fast food culture has crept in the bird lifestyle too :)
Its a fantastic experience to see lively birds and from such close quarters. We have a lot of their photographs and videos. How can we share them here? Do let us know.
How can we help save the sparrow?
Thanks,
Anagha
I have my office in Dhanashree Society and it is very picturesque. My cabin has a large window. Across that is a wonderful flowing nala and hundreds of trees around. A lot of animals/birds including mongooses, snakes and variety of birds live there.
Around winter time (Dec - Feb), we started spotting sparrows and bulbuls come and sit on our window sill. We then started to put up foodgrains, food leftovers, biscuits, chivda (made out of rice floor - poha) and their numbers increased. So much so that we now had to bring a bagful of these items every week to feed our little champions.
Sparrows and Bulbuls are voracious eaters and since they come in big numbers, they wipe out a good chunk of food in one go. Importantly, they prefer the more spicy stuff over plain grain.
We experimented by offering bajra grain and fried namkeen together. Voila!! the namkeen was gone in no time... looks like the fast food culture has crept in the bird lifestyle too :)
Its a fantastic experience to see lively birds and from such close quarters. We have a lot of their photographs and videos. How can we share them here? Do let us know.
How can we help save the sparrow?
Thanks,
Anagha
