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    Struggling for food N water. Due to vanishing of water sources like well, lake and non-availability of grains making them to struggle. Earlier grandmothers used to sit in the courtyard and separate grains from stones and husk. Today, small shops are getting replaced with supermarkets with manufacturing set-ups elsewhere. Grains are hard to find for the sparrows... by: vanishing-house-sparrow Views[215] Otherwise soon I will be part of History !!!!! Yes this can happen if we doesn't wake up and do something to bring them back...Sparrows, which have been an intricate part of the city’s environment, are now practically unseen owing to urban development eating up their nesting space. Let us join hand to get them back..... by: vanishing-house-sparrow Views[145] Food N water please ... Put bird boxes and feeders outside your house or in your gardens. Water-bowls or a bird-bath in the hot summer afternoon helps birds to re-hydrate. This encourages some of the common birds to come back. by: vanishing-house-sparrow Views[191] Looking for home ....strongly believe that a lot can be done at an individual level to save Mother Earth and her many wonderful creations. We are particular about sparrows because their disappearance has a direct bearing on the degraded environment we are living in. The sparrow homes can be set-up in balconies, verandahs, hang it down from pergolas, or even put it up on a tree. by: vanishing-house-sparrow Views[230] No place to Stay !!! When I was kid 100's of sparrow used to stay within my house...Now hardly any place for them. Man-made threats such as the rising numbers of mobile phone towers and microwave pollution, pollution, noise and electric wires have made the sparrow’s survival all the more difficult .. by: vanishing-house-sparrow Views[155]
     

    Photos: My Scholarship entry - Sparrow Conservation

    Wednesday, 5 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    This is Shivalingappa Makal, a IT professional turned into a photography as hobby. But now I am serious as I want to get into full time photography professional and dream to work on assignments with Discovery, National Geo, etc., And I am sure one day ... Read more >
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