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ANGUDURAI -
saravana vinayagar koil street Anaimalai Tamil Nadu
MY FAMILY MEMEBERS PROVIDE RICE DAILY TO SPARROWS .A GROUP OF SPARROWS EATING WITH GIGGLE
MY FAMILY MEMEBERS PROVIDE RICE DAILY TO SPARROWS .A GROUP OF SPARROWS EATING WITH GIGGLE
Sabapathi.M.P -
Barathi Nagar-80 feet Road Junction Ramanathapuram Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
1992- I was a TV Programme producer in Delhi and visited my house for my sisters Marriage. A couple of sparrows had built a nest and living for along time in our kitchen. While whitewashing the painter did away with the nest and the fleglings, and that was the last time the birds had built the nest in our house.
Our house area was converted into residential area from farmlands and so I was wondering where had all sparrows gone and by luck I sae three sparrows- one male and two females flying and tweeting around a grocery shop at the corner of a road junction
And the birds are still there...only three...
1992- I was a TV Programme producer in Delhi and visited my house for my sisters Marriage. A couple of sparrows had built a nest and living for along time in our kitchen. While whitewashing the painter did away with the nest and the fleglings, and that was the last time the birds had built the nest in our house.
Our house area was converted into residential area from farmlands and so I was wondering where had all sparrows gone and by luck I sae three sparrows- one male and two females flying and tweeting around a grocery shop at the corner of a road junction
And the birds are still there...only three...
Kusum Gokhale -
India tarangan complex near korum mall Thane Maharashtra
TABLE1-Total number of sparrows
(Date Site1 Site2 Total
16/09/10) 360, 140, 500;
(Gap due to unavoidable reason);
(9/10/11) 134, 368, 572;
(11/11/11) 147, 376, 423;
(18/1/12) 184 , 122, 306, Temperature 10-12 centigrade;
(4/02/12) 47, very windy and chilly day;
(7/02/12) 190, 107, 297, Temperature 13 centigrade;
(4/4/12) 35, 28, 63 , move to ficus and scattered;
(5/4/12) 42, 32 , 74 , same As above;
(10/4/12) 51 , 33 , 84, same as above temp- 25-33C;
It seems that the sparrows prefer medium sized trees for their roosting. They do not move out on windy and chilly days. But a general trend of drastic reduction maybe either due to local migration or encroachment of crows later.
Some sparrows peck in the interlocking bricks near the hedge
when even a single pigeon joins them all the sparrows fly away. Generally they fly in groups of 10-15 when they are in large number otherwise they fly singly. Their reduced number in summer coincided with encroachment of crows in the garden.
The sparrows nest on the east side of our building as they get full protection from the pigeon. But on the west side grill has an opening through which pigeons enter. Therefore they do not nest on that side besides whenever the sparrows nest a pigeon comes and sits on the vantage point of the pipe everyday and monitors the movements of the sparrows specially whenever the eggs are laid. This goes on until the fledglings leave the nest. This indicates competition between sparrows and pigeon for food and space for nesting.
TABLE1-Total number of sparrows
(Date Site1 Site2 Total
16/09/10) 360, 140, 500;
(Gap due to unavoidable reason);
(9/10/11) 134, 368, 572;
(11/11/11) 147, 376, 423;
(18/1/12) 184 , 122, 306, Temperature 10-12 centigrade;
(4/02/12) 47, very windy and chilly day;
(7/02/12) 190, 107, 297, Temperature 13 centigrade;
(4/4/12) 35, 28, 63 , move to ficus and scattered;
(5/4/12) 42, 32 , 74 , same As above;
(10/4/12) 51 , 33 , 84, same as above temp- 25-33C;
It seems that the sparrows prefer medium sized trees for their roosting. They do not move out on windy and chilly days. But a general trend of drastic reduction maybe either due to local migration or encroachment of crows later.
Some sparrows peck in the interlocking bricks near the hedge
when even a single pigeon joins them all the sparrows fly away. Generally they fly in groups of 10-15 when they are in large number otherwise they fly singly. Their reduced number in summer coincided with encroachment of crows in the garden.
The sparrows nest on the east side of our building as they get full protection from the pigeon. But on the west side grill has an opening through which pigeons enter. Therefore they do not nest on that side besides whenever the sparrows nest a pigeon comes and sits on the vantage point of the pipe everyday and monitors the movements of the sparrows specially whenever the eggs are laid. This goes on until the fledglings leave the nest. This indicates competition between sparrows and pigeon for food and space for nesting.
Rituraj Phukan -
Raj Phukan's residence, Amolapatty Nagaon Assam
The number of sparrows have definitely decreased because concrete buildings have replaced old Assam-type buildings, which were wooden structures with tin-sheet roofing, with ample space for sparrows to make nests. I have seen some sparrow nests in wooden meter boxes, but now they are being replaced by digital ones made of metal. Yet every street in Assam has a temple or prayer house (naamghars), and sparrows will always find a nesting place in these structures.
The number of sparrows have definitely decreased because concrete buildings have replaced old Assam-type buildings, which were wooden structures with tin-sheet roofing, with ample space for sparrows to make nests. I have seen some sparrow nests in wooden meter boxes, but now they are being replaced by digital ones made of metal. Yet every street in Assam has a temple or prayer house (naamghars), and sparrows will always find a nesting place in these structures.
