View Record #75



ID75
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutResidential complex
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictPune
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude18.55294991
Location Longitude73.80177307
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2005-2009
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?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 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?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?They were normally here in the winter months. It would be a constant game with the sparrows shuttling towards the back of the house in the kitchen window where my mom's bird feeder is, then to the garden below in the complex where the insects would come up in the sun and then to the front of our house on the balcony railings. And finally got driven away when the pigeons/crows came. Different birds visited the bird-feeder at different times - sparrows, munias, bulbuls, mynas, crows and pigeons. I haven't been home for the last few winters so I don't know what has been happening in this time.
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?