Bringing back the sparrow
Mar 20, 2012
March 20 is the World Sparrow Day -- a day to rekindle the memory of those fast-disappearing birds, loved by ornithologists and others alike. Here is a pictorial account of the sparrow's travails, and efforts to bring it back from the brink.
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Mobile towers are also a reason for depletion of sparrows..Human Beings are changing to be the biggest villan for the environment.
Some 10 years before I read a article in a UK based magazine which discussed about ill effects of mobile phone radiation. In that they had mentioned that the first victim will be the house sparrow.
It is very sad news , In my childhood i used to study in terrace i used to find so many sparrow chirp nonstop then i try to catch them but they used to fly that time am very much hunger to catch that sparrows , what a lovely days , what a happiness i am unable to write that feel i used to have, now i grown up near my eye span these days sparrows missing because of human irregular behavior that is my behavior , iam very sorry to say these words now onwards from my side i wont harm to these mouth less birds and i keep in mind this nature is my body too. you all know if any wound come on body the total system has to bare that pain similarly nature pain accept it increase humanity toward these kind birds . i thank R.Rajendra Srivastava for bring situation in front of me.
Just 4-5 years back there were many sparrows in Delhi gardens. Hardly
any now. How can individuals help ? Can sparrows be kept in cages
indoors?
I have grown up watching these birds flying & chirping in my own house..it had become as the part of my life....but from the last few years these birds are becoming extinct specially in the cities....but still you can see see some of them enjoying in the villages...i think ever increasing air pollution & the electromagnetic waves and signals of different frequencies are the main reasons for their decreasing numbers...everyone must do what could be done to save these innocent birds, otherwise our children may not feel the same pleasure of enjoying with these birds in the near future....
We have about 6 different sparrows at our feeder. India's story sounds
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My family moved into an new home in Kolkata sub-urbs 6 years ago. Two months later a family of sparrows also moved in a top our stairwell roof house and they have been there ever since...
We ususally sprinkle some rice and keep a saucer of water during summer months to help them out. Well they have had babies every year and the winged visitors have increased their presence in my home.. now they are almost like family. Sumtimes wen they chirrip too much. they alarm us of sumthin has gone wrong.. it could range from their chick falling out of thier nest(we help em get back in) or sum unknown guy at the door...Never-the-less these birds are the most simple yet swett that we have.
These harmless sweet birds mostly disturbed by the increasing din & bustle in the surroundings have decided to move to quieter places where there would be no intervention/ interference of milling crowd and endless row of ever honking vehicles. The so called lungspaces in the ever expanding extensions of cities being forced to shrink might have been another cause. Welldone concrete jungle!!! Could this situation be altered to some extant.
its not pollution that is responsible. ITS THE MOBILE PHONES !! The power radiated by mobile towers 24 x 7 non stop is no wonder killing this delicate creature. I feel sad and i hate this world now.
Sparrows were my childhood passion .As a child I used to spend a lot of time with sparrows.I used to hang a pot with a hole on my wall.Watching the sparrows build their nest,romance,lay eggs ,hatch ,feed the babies,teaching them to fly was my pastime.After each sparrow couple left a new couple would find the pot to build a new nest.I knew all the sounds they made and used to imitate their chirping.Sometimes when a young one died I used to give a decent burial too! Those days are all gone. Last time I hung a pot on my wall, no sparrows came.The home is still waiting for the tenant.We have adopted modern agriculture where we use chemical fertilizers and pesticides which contaminates our soil and poisons/kills all life .Sparrows are a victim of that too!To save all our winged friends we should have backyard gardens where we grow food organicaly.We should build nesting places and bird feeders .Grow more trees and protect our rivers.Otherwise one day with sparrows we will be gone too!
Here in mumbai most of the sparrows are almost disappeared.. and number of crows has been increased..
Very True Rajendran...
I also miss the innocence of these birds with which I grown up. A bunch of them will come in the morning and will keep chirp non-stop, and my mother will give me some grains to feed them. I developed a sense of giving and loving with such a small activity. In the evening when i will return to my home after my tuitions, every tree you pass by, you will hear loud sound, as if they are back from their day’s long work and now enjoying with their families.I miss those beautiful creatures and all the lessons they teach me.
Mohd. Dilawar, who is president of Nature Forever Society, has taken a bold step to monitor online common birds in Indian subcontinent on the occassion. He has identified 18 common birds including house sparrow. JIL I.T. (an I.T. arm of Jaypee Group) has contributed in this by developing a web portal which is launched on World Sparrow day. One has to register himself on the site (www.cbmi.in) and his/her location(s) via Google map. One need to spend 10-15 minuted to regular observe/monitor these common birds and update the data online. Hats off to Mohd. Dilawar and Jaypee Group.
Yes! I miss this cute little friends. Till recently two little sparrows
along with a Myna used to wake me up for some grains. Till i give them
their feed they would chirp non-stop. My wife and myself would eagerly
await them in the morning. But they have disappeared now. I miss their
rejuvenating, enthusiastic active life of early morning. I hope, with
the efforts of kind heart people they will thrive again.
Polution is one of the main cause for depletion of this now rare species.Let us all do the needful for revival ofthis great bird.