View Record #9298



ID9298
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutKharkutta, East GaroHills
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictEast Garo Hills
StateMeghalaya
Location Latitude25.75595284
Location Longitude90.67730713
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?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 worked/studied there
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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?I lived here for the last two and half years.Sparrows were seen but not in large numbers at the time of my arrival here. Then I prohibited the hunting and disturbance to these small birds, feeding them many times a day etc. Now their number has increases to big numbers, I can see them from my bedroom window mother feeding babies, nest 5metre from where I am typing now and lots of them chirping in the open.I am sure their number will increase more and more, if we humans take care of them.
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?