ID | 1281 |
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Thammanur village |
Rough Address/Area | Wallajabad - Uthiramerur Bye pass road Thammanur village |
City/District | Kanchipuram |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Location Latitude | 12.77015400 |
Location Longitude | 79.80167389 |
Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Cultivation |
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Agricultural fields |
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | Other, My village where I own farm |
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? | People use to say that only because of insecticides used by farmers that sparrow have disappeared, but it is not even seen in organic farms, so the reason could be something else. If it is because of microwave towers I saw some sparrows in Chennai to be much more precise in Kollathur, near Perambur. In this place you seen more ornamental fish breeders. We cannot see them in Rice mills either. |
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? | |