New Delhi/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking on the 116th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ yesterday, addressed the declining sparrow population in India and highlighted innovative efforts being undertaken to revive it. “Due to increasing urbanisation, children in cities rarely spot sparrows. In our childhood, sparrows were a common sight on rooftops, playing an essential…
Mysore/Mysuru: Sparrows, which were an integral part of our ecosystem are on the verge of extinction. There is a need to protect not only sparrows but also other bird species which are on the verge of extinction, said naturalist M.K. Saptha Girish, here on Wednesday. He was speaking after inaugurating the Sparrow Festival organised by…
Bird-houses from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka will be on display this Sunday Mysore/Mysuru: March 20 is World Sparrow Day and the day is meant to raise awareness about the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the dangers it confronts. House sparrow was once the most common bird but in the past few…
There is no denying that there’s an urgent need for increasing the awareness about birds, especially among the younger generation. Thankfully there’s a very heartening development here in our city. You may remember that the members of a little known organisation called the Jeeva Daya Jain Charity, comprising mostly ladies, has been conducting a spirited…
Mysore/Mysuru: Tomorrow is World Sparrow Day-2020. It is a day for the house sparrow — to convey the message of conservation of sparrows and other common birds and also is a day of celebration to appreciate the beauty of the common biodiversity which we take so much for granted. The house sparrow was once the…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The humble house sparrow may only be a very tiny speck in our environment but it has remained a very integral part of man’s existence over the years. And, like the faithful dog it may perhaps have moved with man in his evolution from being a forest denizen to…
Sparrows, which have had a symbiotic relationship with humans for years, have been sadly deserting human company in urban areas, preferring suburban areas and the countryside, and only making brief visits to nearby human habitats. This group of sparrows pecking grains of rice were captured by SOM photographer M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav near H.D. Kote.
Mysuru: When was the last time you heard a sparrow chirping? These little brown-grey, lovable, small, harmless and social birds, once found in plenty, are hardly ever sighted in cities these days. Recent surveys have shown that their numbers are declining, thanks to loss of habitat, loss of tree cover, electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone…
By Ragoo Rao The humble and adorable little birds, chirping and flitting around in our compounds and courtyards, the House Sparrow is a confirmed hanger on to man ever since humans started depending on agriculture and created settlements. These birds have even been mentioned in most of our mythologies and folklores, along with the common…
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