World Sparrow Day on 20 March - Jaipur wants to bring back the sparrows

World Sparrow Day is on March 20 and, we all know that the house sparrows ae gradually vanishing from our midst - thanks to modern day construction of houses where there are no crevices or nooks and corners where these birds can nest. Also, with thanks to air-conditioners, there is hardly any opening through which the birds can enter any house.
Therefore, in Jaipur, a small group of conservationists is busy trying to make people realize the need for introducing minor changes around their homes so the environment becomes friendly to these little birds.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 February 2016.

The initiative started with free nest boxes that could be positioned on balconies and wait for the birds to make nests in them. The initiative did take off and the birds laid eggs. Once the chick was ready to spread its wings and take flight, they had to be fed high-protein insect diet. But, modern gardens do not sustain insect populations.
Sparrows are not birds that nest in trees but they need to be close to humans, and have evolved together with humans. Unfortunately, modern day families are small as are their living spaces - hence, they cannot allow the birds in because of the litters that they generate.
Therefore, it is necessary to work out a sort of comprise so that man and birds can coexist.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Some more interesting links -

Industries – the Achilles Heel of Didi (satire)

Lord Shiva does the treadmill as Sarasawti advises students (satire)

Moody & Co to invite Eskimos for the Yoga meet (satire)


Commuters go in for online purchase via smartphones when in packed subways

US and Cuba to restore commercial flights after 50-years

Tea and toast out of fashion in Britain just like fish and chips


Quantum jump for Priyanka Chopra from Quantico to Baywatch

Kissing scenes in movies – why this fad has never caught on in Bollywood

British actor Tom Hardy could become the new face of James Bond after Daniel Craig


Airstrikes in Syria target schools and hospitals - nearly 50 children killed

F-22 Stealth Bombers of the US fly low over South Korea skies

North Korea plans to carry out terror attacks on South Korea