Arun M K Bharos - Padamnabhpur , Durg. Padmanabhpur Durg Chhattisgarh

Padamnabhpur colony, Durg.

Dt 16 July 1990.A Female observed chasing a female Paradise Flycatcher.

Dt 19 July 1990. A pair of sparrows were observed feeding probably oh partially digested seeds from cow dung, hardly a day old.
Dt ; 06 August 1990 ; Nesting material piracy from nest of Common Myna , by a female sparrow.
Dt ; 11 Aug 1990 ; Three female sparrows perched on electricity wire, immediately dashed towards a Little Brown DOVE , WHEN IT CAME AND PERCHED CLOSE BY.

Dt ; 11 Aug 1990 ; A pair in mating act, male mounting 10 times , 7 failures.During the act another male approached but the mating male drove it away.Later female alighted on ground and indulged in dust bath.Male joined it.
Dt ; 20 Aug ; Dust bath by 5/6 sparrows.
Dt 24 Aug 1990 ; A female collided with elec wire but managed balance and descended to ground.
Dt ; 29 Aug 1990 ; A Little Brown Dove was perched on elec line, no sooner a female sparrow arrived , it chased it away, earlier a female was seen chasing a dove.
Dt 26 Nov 1990.;Bath in shallow water pool by 2 sparrows in company of Common Myna.
Dt ; 24 Feb 1991 ; A female sparrow in hot pursuit of a male Purple Sunbird.
Dt ; 08 Mar 1991 ; A female caught a Grass blue butterfly but it fell on lawn, it was recollected and taken to a sapling and fed to a chick.