View Record #578



ID578
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutKukatpally
Rough Address/AreaVivekananda Nagar, Kukatpally
City/DistrictHyderabad
StateAndhra Pradesh
Location Latitude17.49024010
Location Longitude78.41061401
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
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?Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I lived 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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?I am 31 years now. I used to see sparrows a lot from my childhood till the year 1999. After that I didn't see any of them and thought that they were extinct. But from the year 2010, I am able to see them again. They now live on the small tree in my house. They even built a nest in the apartment(balcony shelf) opposite to my house. I feed them with rice grains.
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?