sparrows

Narendra Singh, a former bureaucrat based in Uttar Pradesh, shares how he saved injured sparrows and distributed over 6,000 nests for free to save the species.

Edwin Joseph, a retired technician from BHEL and a resident of Bengaluru, has been unfailingly feeding sparrows for the past 15 years.

Besides building a natural habitat for sparrows, Inderpal and his family have also been working towards environment conservation and protection. They have planted around 800 trees in their colonies, and on the outskirts of the city.

It was the ‘Garden City’ of Bengaluru that inspired the Bhagalpur resident Raja Bose to tread this path a few decades ago.

From living harmoniously with sparrows to not seeing them at all, was a gradual progression. Sadhna says she cannot remember when that happened.

The melodious chirping of these adorable little avians and a zero problem with breeding or dirtying our environment had made house sparrows a unanimous favourite among humans, and sparrows returned our love.

Hundreds of stray animals, as well as birds, die due to the scorching heat and lack of access to clean drinking water.

Arundhati Mhatre was gifted a bird shelter box by her friend in 2008. And it has been a life-changing gift for her.

Santosh Martin and his daughter, Sunaina, are on a mission to help increase the population of these endangered birds again, at least in Karnataka’s Ballari district.