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Chandramouliswaran - Nearby my house Brindavan Street, Brindavan St, West Mambalam Chennai Tamil Nadu

Sparrows were beautiful little birds always landing in groups and living in pairs. I even built a wodden houses for 5 pairs of Sparrows and hanged paddy bunches to attract them in the year 1997 and they did not occupy ; but one paid had a nest inside the well and few more pairs had nest in some holes in a nearby old house. Cats pray on them sometimes. I loved sparrows a lot because they were cute and in significant numbers. But now a days we have more trees in around my house and the backyards of about 8 houses make a large garden of trees and many birds are visiting now a days like cocoos, grey birds, many many type of birds all making wonderful noises in the early hours but not Sparrows. I really miss Sparrows. But when I lived in Abudhabi deserts between Aug2004 to Mar2006(Naya Sanaiya - new industrial area in Abudhabis reclaimed land) I found plenty of sparrows in swarms and there they were not affected by Mobile Phone Towers. Some natural predators of Sparrows must be the reason for their disappearance now a days.