26/11/2021
ART: The Endangered House Sparrow
Now, the world is more aware about digital tweets rather than chorus of chirps that we used to hear at sunrise and sunset.
The humble house sparrow is a bird most of us grew up with. The chorus of chirping that greeted one at sunrise and sunset was as good as clockwork, but slowly and surely these little delightful and hyperactive birds have bid adieu to our homes and cities. This has been an ongoing process since the 1990s.
The reasons for the decline of the sparrow population are loss of habitat due to rapid urbanisation, diminishing ecological resources for sustenance, noise pollution, vehicular emissions, high levels of pollution and emissions from microwave towers.
The fate of the species was sealed due to the acute shortage of nesting sites in modern concrete buildings, disappearing kitchen gardens and the non-availability of a particular larvae, associated with the field bean. These adverse conditions, coupled with the rising heat island effect from concretised urban settings, meant that the bird could also not withstand exceptionally high temperatures. This ultimately drove the species to city fringes where food availability was a major problem.
“This is an emergency, and the situation for this species is dire”.
Keep a bowl of water and some grains for sparrows to feed on. Plant trees in and around your homes to create shelters for them or keep bird feeders outside your house. Do not use chemical insecticides and pesticides in your garden as it is harmful. The only way to bring the sparrow back is by people's participation
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 , 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.
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