View Record #9224



ID9224
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutMukkal Village
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictKalghatgi
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude15.18000031
Location Longitude74.97000122
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
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?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 visited frequently
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Always: I saw sparrows every day
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Sparrows observed but no nests seen
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?There are numerous villages around the block Kalghatgi. After learning about Citizen sparrow, I actively looked for house sparrows, in all my field visits. I found presence of sparrows in almost all these villages. I visited alomost 12 villages here. But, one village particularly had a high number of sparrows and never seen so many crows gathered in one place. I visited few times in the next few days. It was the same.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Huts, Other (please specify)
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?paddy, jowar and pulses.
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?Extensive
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?