View Record #455



ID455
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutgorai-3 borivali(w)
Rough Address/AreaGorai 3, Borivali West
City/DistrictMumbai
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude19.23539925
Location Longitude72.82899475
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?New residential development
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I lived there
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Always: I saw sparrows every day
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?I thought of doing something for sparrows i just built a nest from plastic ice cream box giving it green color and hung it at my house window within a day a two i saw sparrow building its nest in it saw i made many more house for sparrows i now from 2 to 5 sparrows i see a lot of them on my window i am trying it to spread it by building many more sparrow nest by hanging it on my neighbours and friends window thus want to increase their population.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?