Sparrows - Where are they?
A poem on sparrows from sudhi_11in made me remember these little birds. Sparrows always remind me of old Bangalore of eighties and nineties. I remember feeding sparrows in my childhood on cold misty mornings. Now all three have vanished, the cold mornings, old Bangalore and the sparrows.
Long ago I had read an article in Outlook on the death of the sparrows. It was really sad and fascinating at the same time to learn how each small 'comfort' designed for humans, sound a death knell to other species around us. Mohammad Dilawar from Nashik has designed very simple feeders and nests which could encourage the sparrows to come back. I did some googling and found this link.
Last time when I checked this link, only house sparrow nests were available. Now there are host of nests for different birds.
Please do the needful, if you are interested. Maybe, one day chirping sparrows in your balcony will wake you up :).
P.S: M.S Gill (Our sports minister), used to keep some grains outside his home and guess what? One day he saw a family of Sparrows feeding on it. Now they are regular visitors to his home. This has increased the hopes of finding my beloved sparrow.
Long ago I had read an article in Outlook on the death of the sparrows. It was really sad and fascinating at the same time to learn how each small 'comfort' designed for humans, sound a death knell to other species around us. Mohammad Dilawar from Nashik has designed very simple feeders and nests which could encourage the sparrows to come back. I did some googling and found this link.
Last time when I checked this link, only house sparrow nests were available. Now there are host of nests for different birds.
Please do the needful, if you are interested. Maybe, one day chirping sparrows in your balcony will wake you up :).
P.S: M.S Gill (Our sports minister), used to keep some grains outside his home and guess what? One day he saw a family of Sparrows feeding on it. Now they are regular visitors to his home. This has increased the hopes of finding my beloved sparrow.