View Record #11016



ID11016
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutvoc street, gandhi nagar, saligramam, chennai
Rough Address/AreaGandhi Nagar, Vadapalani
City/DistrictChennai
StateTamil Nadu 600026
Location Latitude13.05954838
Location Longitude80.20729065
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?Old residential area
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?Never: I saw no sparrows during this period
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?Does not apply: I never saw sparrows during this period
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?No sparrows observed
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?When we lived in the area of West Mambalam, We had active sparrow nest and usually sparrows kept flying in and out of our home. But after we changed to this locality, a few sparrows were seen during the initial years (1996-1997). But, after that all I could notice was the decline of the sparrows and with the advent of the cellphone towers now, I never saw even one sparrow.
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?