Cellphones and House Sparrows

Aurangabad, India
September 28, 2015 11:14am CST
It is a coincidence of sorts that, ever since cellphones have come into vogue, house sparrows have become almost extinct in city locales. In order to catch a glimpse of one, you would have to move at least twenty to thirty km into the countryside. It could either be due to the rampant cutting down of trees, and/or the signals emitting from the mobile towers. Either ways, the loss of that lovely chirping, is surely ours. You miss that familiar sight of a sparrow taking bath in a puddle, or even in dust. Maybe they don't like the intrusive mobile signals, or it could totally be something else. Would love your observations on this.
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sofs
@sofssu (23662)
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30 Sep 15
I read a recent article that did show the connection between mobile towers and the lessening numbers of these common sparrows. I grew up feeding them.. I haven't seen one in a few years now.. Except for once while we drove through the country side.
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Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
30 Sep 15
Surely sofs! I cannot recall where I read it, but there is some link between the sparrows shifting of habitat and the advent of mobile towers, or even cellphones.
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sofs
@sofssu (23662)
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1 Oct 15
@gregario888 I do remember reading an online article. Someone had put a link to it and a few others on my blog. That was a few years back I guess. I really wish they would come back. Luckily we have no towers close to us and i am trying to get them back.
Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
1 Oct 15
@sofssu Yes, sofs! Even in gardens with big trees, you may find other birds bigger in size, but not them.
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fufurinha
@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
30 Sep 15
I have never been a fan of birds in general.
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fufurinha
@fufurinha (11930)
• Portugal
1 Oct 15
@gregario888 yes, I understand, we can get really "in love" with our animals.
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Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
1 Oct 15
I love them since I was a kid! And I miss these sparrows for sure.
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Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
1 Oct 15
@fufurinha I like their chirping sounds, those they make at dusk, and at dawn. You surely miss these sounds in the city these days.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
30 Sep 15
I don 't know anything about birds leaving the city as I live in the country and we have lots of birds around here.
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Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
30 Sep 15
That's great! But the city where I live is expanding very fast. It surely must be one of the causes to the absence of these birds.
Val
@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
1 Oct 15
We still have plenty of sparrows visiting our garden and often throw bread out for them. I live in a small, but busy city.
Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
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1 Oct 15
Aww that is sad :( It is like when you hear rain forest nature is being destroyed for the same reason.
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Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
1 Oct 15
Yes, it is the most precious heritage we have, once it is gone, there is nothing we can do about it.
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Mohd. Irfan Alam
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
1 Oct 15
@gudheart Yes Gudheart! We live in a greed filled world. It is nothing short of a curse, to see nature get destroyed.
Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
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1 Oct 15
@gregario888 I know right, really sad to see nature being replaced by man made tech.
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