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Mahua Bhattacharyya -
Kubera Bahaar, Pashan-Baner Link Road Pashan Pune Maharashtra
For last two years a housesparrow family is staying in the terrace of my apartment. It is on the 7th floor and I think they liked the height. The outlet of my hall's AC make good support for holding the nest. The nest was initially built by a pair of purple sunbird (I might be wrong in naming them). My husband tried to help them by putting some newspaper below the nest, but they didn't like the idea much. So they flew away and the sparrow couple found themselves a readymade home to start a family. Several times the eggs and newborns fell down from the nest. We picked the baby birds up and put them back into the nest if they were alive, but not all of them were lucky. I think they laid eggs for at least 2-3 times. Around 3-4 months back, we went out of station for a few days. After coming back, we found that a pegion couple has occupied the nest and laid aggs there. The sparrow-babies must had gorwn up and flew away by then and the sparrow couple had left the nest for a few days. But after coming back when they saw the pegions living there, they didn't leave. They are now friends with the pegions and they have found a hole through which they can go inside the loft and make nest in the flower vases I kept there. But I don't think so far they have made any new nest. I am enjoing their company, but by May-June I am going to move form this place. I don't know whether the new occupant will be bird-friendly or not. All I can do is wish them good luck.
For last two years a housesparrow family is staying in the terrace of my apartment. It is on the 7th floor and I think they liked the height. The outlet of my hall's AC make good support for holding the nest. The nest was initially built by a pair of purple sunbird (I might be wrong in naming them). My husband tried to help them by putting some newspaper below the nest, but they didn't like the idea much. So they flew away and the sparrow couple found themselves a readymade home to start a family. Several times the eggs and newborns fell down from the nest. We picked the baby birds up and put them back into the nest if they were alive, but not all of them were lucky. I think they laid eggs for at least 2-3 times. Around 3-4 months back, we went out of station for a few days. After coming back, we found that a pegion couple has occupied the nest and laid aggs there. The sparrow-babies must had gorwn up and flew away by then and the sparrow couple had left the nest for a few days. But after coming back when they saw the pegions living there, they didn't leave. They are now friends with the pegions and they have found a hole through which they can go inside the loft and make nest in the flower vases I kept there. But I don't think so far they have made any new nest. I am enjoing their company, but by May-June I am going to move form this place. I don't know whether the new occupant will be bird-friendly or not. All I can do is wish them good luck.