View Record #506



ID506
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutGuru teg bahadur nagar,100 feet nagar
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictBathinda
StatePunjab
Location Latitude30.21765137
Location Longitude74.95612335
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?Other
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?Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?I am Living in this area since 1990.At that time it was urban area but density was very less.You can say unused plots,free space & design of houses were also not so much modern.In period of 1990 to 1995 we used to feed sparrows & it was quite normal to see this bird in number of 5-30 but nest was very rare at that time also.At the same time period in villages (40 Kms from bathinda,Channu,District Mukutsar),density of sparrows was quite large( you can say more than 100 birds along with large number of nest.
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?