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Bhasmang Mehta - Bloosom Village Resort, Sidhpur, Dharmashala McLeod Ganj Himachal Pradesh

In Dharmashala we stayed in this beautiful resort, " Bloosom Village Resort", The owner Shri. Chandra is a wild life lover and has kept a few nest boxes in the garden, but House Sparrows have decided to build their own nests here and are nesting in the wooden frames of the roof of cottages. Chandra Ji was very pleased to see these birds nesting here and told me that he is feeling really good that he chose wooden frames over iron frames for the roofs, as if it were iron frames, Sparrows might not have nested there...

Bhasmang Mehta - Kotwali Bazar, Dharmashala McLeod Ganj Himachal Pradesh

We spotted a couple of House Sparrows near shops in Kotwali Bazar...

Bhasmang Mehta - Village Lahad, District:- Chamba Chamba Himachal Pradesh

We passed by this village and noted good numbers of House Sparrows there...

Bhasmang Mehta - Village Padhrotu, District::- Chamba Chamba Himachal Pradesh

Suraj Bharadwaj- an adventure activity guide told me about this record of House Sparrows in Padhrotu village. According to him this is a small village that has around 10-15 houses. And in all the houses there are active nests of House Sparrows, every house has around 3-4 active nests of House Sparrows...

Bhasmang Mehta - Chamba- Khajiar Highway Chamba Himachal Pradesh

A male House Sparrow was seen on our way to Khajiar from Chamba, in Delhousie we found Russet Sparrows more commonly than House Sparrows.