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Rajiv K. Singh Bais -
Bedni Bugyal Roopkund Garhwal Uttarakhand
Bedni Bugyal. Roopkund Trekking Route. I stayed here for a day on 25 May 2000 on my way to Roopkund. There were no sparrows.
Bedni Bugyal. Roopkund Trekking Route. I stayed here for a day on 25 May 2000 on my way to Roopkund. There were no sparrows.
Rajiv K. Singh Bais -
Main Market Sector 18 Noida Uttar Pradesh
Noida , Sector 18 Market. I re-visited this place on 26 May 2012. Only one scared and lonely sparrow was spotted hiding behind parked vehicles in this biggest market-cum-commercial complex of Noida where number of cars / people / buildings far outnumber the neglected and slowly vanishing roadside trees.
Noida , Sector 18 Market. I re-visited this place on 26 May 2012. Only one scared and lonely sparrow was spotted hiding behind parked vehicles in this biggest market-cum-commercial complex of Noida where number of cars / people / buildings far outnumber the neglected and slowly vanishing roadside trees.
Rajiv K. Singh Bais -
SCOPE complex Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium New Delhi Delhi
This is a part of the Story posted at id 8619
This is a part of the Story posted at id 8619
Rajiv K. Singh Bais -
SCOPE complex Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium New Delhi Delhi
5 March 1993. SCOPE Complex near Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Lodi Road, New Delhi. This is a piece of information dug out from an old diary. My office was located in this building from 1991 to 1995 and I used to keep short diary entries of bird sightings for further investigations on a more convenient future date (most remained unexplored though; just like this one!). On this date I discovered a cup shaped nest of Dusky Crag Martin (Hirundo concolor) made up of mud pallets attached to the vertical face of one of the boxes of the coffered roof. It was well protected from the sun and rain but still close to the open area. Size was just about a normal tea cup. Two martins were seen flying around the nest. Once they alighted on the ground to pick up a dry blade of grass without success; this was probably to line the nest. And now the most important piece from this record: Martins were seen scaring away the House Sparrows who had also built a nest in the same area. I revisited the place on 28th April 2012 but did not find any sparrow or martin.
5 March 1993. SCOPE Complex near Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Lodi Road, New Delhi. This is a piece of information dug out from an old diary. My office was located in this building from 1991 to 1995 and I used to keep short diary entries of bird sightings for further investigations on a more convenient future date (most remained unexplored though; just like this one!). On this date I discovered a cup shaped nest of Dusky Crag Martin (Hirundo concolor) made up of mud pallets attached to the vertical face of one of the boxes of the coffered roof. It was well protected from the sun and rain but still close to the open area. Size was just about a normal tea cup. Two martins were seen flying around the nest. Once they alighted on the ground to pick up a dry blade of grass without success; this was probably to line the nest. And now the most important piece from this record: Martins were seen scaring away the House Sparrows who had also built a nest in the same area. I revisited the place on 28th April 2012 but did not find any sparrow or martin.
Rajiv K. Singh Bais -
CCRT Dwarka Sector 7 New Delhi Delhi
21 May 2012. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) Sector 7, Dwarka, New Delhi. I spent about 4 hours here, roaming around the complex while my son took his art exam. Common myna nesting in a hole in the wall on the third floor; this was an exterior wall open to sky. Many more mynas were seen perched on the electric lines. Blue Rock Pigeons resting / nesting under the window ACs but no nesting place for sparrows. After a long search a lone male sparrow was spotted in the green lawns picking seeds from the grass. A thirsty red vented bulbul searched for water drops on a dry tap. The only butterfly was a Pale Grass Blue.
21 May 2012. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) Sector 7, Dwarka, New Delhi. I spent about 4 hours here, roaming around the complex while my son took his art exam. Common myna nesting in a hole in the wall on the third floor; this was an exterior wall open to sky. Many more mynas were seen perched on the electric lines. Blue Rock Pigeons resting / nesting under the window ACs but no nesting place for sparrows. After a long search a lone male sparrow was spotted in the green lawns picking seeds from the grass. A thirsty red vented bulbul searched for water drops on a dry tap. The only butterfly was a Pale Grass Blue.
