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Sparrows in my garden in India

on 9th May 2019

“Some 25-30 sparrows live in our garden… in the bougainvillea scramblers mostly. They are mainly House Sparrows (Passer domesticus).

Sparrows of India: Courtesy Wikipedia Commons. Please note that the titles of Russet and Eurasian Tree Sparrow should be transposed.

“Earlier I used to cut off the dead wood of climbers and trees, thinking it looked ugly. But my husband pointed out the dead wood provided lots of protection to birds from cats and shikras and against the elements.

“They nested in there, went to sleep and generally used them as living room too in different parts of the day.

“The tree pictured in the video below is the gooseberry tree.

“A second video below, shot a few years ago, shows sparrows mating in spring time. They are perched on the madhumalti vine (Combretum indicum, also known as the Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon creeper).

Anjana Mehta
Rajasthan, India
28th February 2019

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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  1. Hi Anjana, the titles of Russet and Eurasian Tree Sparrows should be transposed. Thanks.

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