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pranita sambhus - Ideal colony, Kothrud Ideal Colony, Kothrud Pune Maharashtra

Sparrows used to come to our kitchen through kitchen window. They used to eat "ata" made for chapatis. 3-4 sparrows.
I observed sparrows around 1995-2004...
after that i have never seen sparrows.


Ravi - pulianthope Pulianthope Chennai Tamil Nadu

I used to wakeup to the chirping of this sparrows and they are there when we dry some pulses on our terraces. I see them everyday on the terrace and they are not scared of humans


Nikil Rangadas - Residential house with a size of about 1 acre Padmarao Nagar Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh

The sparrows up to this period of about 1994-95 were profilic and actually some had their nests in the house in nooks and crannies especially the verandahs that opened out wards.By about 2000 we did not see any.


Poorna Prajna - Below and on the sides of KR puram bridge Krishnarajapuram Bus Stop, Outer Ring Rd, Jyothipuram, Krishnarajapura Bangalore Karnataka

I had seen many times during the huge early morning traffic jams along the sides of KR puram bridge, sparrows using the small holes on the bridges as their homes.


harish - Srinivasa puram(housing board near foreshore estate bus terminus) Srinivasa Puram,near foreshore estate bus terminus Chennai Tamil Nadu

This area is an old housing board colony close to the beach.Sparrows roost in specific trees in fairly large numbers (favour poovarasan tree (thespesia populnea)).Saw a large number of nests (rougly 10) in boxes installed by the electricity dept in each colony.Spotted a nest on top of the shutter of a tea shop.Encouragingly a few people have kept cardboard boxes in front of their homes and sparrows have nested there.