Seeing a sparrow after a long time.
By Jayanth
@jayanth_77 (7180)
India
May 26, 2020 10:47pm CST
Today morning as I woke up I heard chirping of a bird. Out of curiosity I looked thru the window and saw a sparrow perched on the boundary wall of my house. I jumped in joy to see a sparrow so common during my childhood days.
My last sighting of sparrow was a few years back when my locality was surrounded by open fields but they are all now gone due to construction activities and mobile towers.
Looks like these little birds will soon become extinct due to loss of their habitation in cities and towns.
Do you find sparrows in your area ?
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Yes the sparrows are gone for ever. The noise and pollution have made their survival difficult.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
@Shunnan yes if we want the sparrows to come back we need to make our surroundings more peaceful.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
27 May 20
Yes .....sparrows are common here. And along with that we see many other different birds after the Lockdown
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Wow ...you must be living in a greener and peaceful locality. I do find crows but not sparrows. The crows can live just about anywhere and adapt to any situation.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
27 May 20
The sparrow is the most common bird in our country particularly in the urban areas.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
27 May 20
@jayanth_77 there are many trees in our village so there are many birds here of different variety. But in the city, only the sparrow can be seen.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Ok. Looks like Philippines still has lot of green cover in urban area. Sparrows need green cover to thrive.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
@Alexandoy yes village life is best. You can live in the presence of nature
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 May 20
the house sparrows are so a-plenty here in our place. their chirps often wake me up in the morning
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 May 20
@jayanth_77 we also call this the common housebirds
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
@ridingbet yes you are right . generally eats worms but also eat food grains when not available
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Yes the sparrows chirp a lot. It's sometimes a headache.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 May 20
@jayanth_77 I have a lot along with other birds as well.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
30 May 20
Yes the sparrows mostly live in groups and live close to homes having lot of trees.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
30 May 20
@CarolDM yes they are common household birds
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
27 May 20
so many, now there are more and more, during this corona forced holiday
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
27 May 20
@jayanth_77 includin in my school. The trees are full of birds nest recently
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
@nawala123 nice. the sparrows build their nest even in a box with a hole . I used to keep such a box in my house they built nest.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
yes. the corona pandemic has helped the sparrows with some quiet time to flourish.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Yes the sparrows no longer live in most cities and towns
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@1210800460 (557)
• China
27 May 20
I lived in a yard when I was a kid, often sparrows fly into the yard. especially in winter there were more sparrows.
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@1210800460 (557)
• China
27 May 20
@jayanth_77 yes, that's true. there are fewer sparrows now than in the past.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Yes the sparrows were a common site few years back but now you find only in remote villages or grasslands.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
@1210800460 I feel they are already extinct in most placed except may be in farmlands .
@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Looks like your place has lot of green cover that the sparrows love
@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
29 May 20
The sparrow is a symbol of my city and I almost wrote about it
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
29 May 20
Nice to know about Sparrow being the symbol of your city
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
27 May 20
what a an innocent bird......ah i love it
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
27 May 20
Yes innocent bird but eats a lot. A swarm of sparrows can destroy crops of wheat and rice . So farmers put scare crows to keep them at bay
