View Record #9676



ID9676
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutBellary
Rough Address/Area
City/DistrictChikkaballapur
StateKarnataka
Location Latitude13.35723495
Location Longitude77.86170197
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2005-2009
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
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?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
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?Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year
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?No sparrows observed
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?It was a good agricultural area, but poor farmers were lured to use pesticides for their crops which were grown in their fields. They used all dangerous and life threatening pesticides just keep their crops but, in turn it killed all cute small birds and now we seldom see sparrows in that area. Even wild life was gone because of these pesticides. who can save!!!
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?