| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | When we moved into our independent house in this area in March 2003, there was no greenery around, not even a blade of grass, so to speak. That summer was torturous. Come June, my husband and I planted trees such as badam, mango, temple tree, neem and nerium by the side of the road on the southern side of our house. Within 2-3 years, they grew large enough to attract all sorts of birds including the koel, but not the house sparrow, of which I have always been very fond since my childhood. Of course I have enjoyed watching all the other birds, and even collected nests of the tailor bird after the fledglings flew away, but I still missed these little brown birds a lot. However, in early 2010, I saw two sparrows hopping down the pathway in between our house and our neighbour's house opposite....I was really thrilled! Since then, I have been seeing them regularly, and have even followed their nesting and feeding habits. Within these last two years, their number has considerably increased. What I realised was, that they needed nooks and crannies, and really sheltered spots, like the middle of a dense climber in my neighbour's house opposite(which took almost these many years to grow dense enough) for the birds to build their nests. I have even observed a sparrow's nest in the middle of a big lemon tree in my next door neighbour's house. I have seen them playing in my garden, swinging from the branches of a rose bush. I am very happy all over again, and am planning to provide them with nesting boxes next year during their nesting season. |
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