Save Sparrows from extinction : Let us bring back the little brown bird

Have you heard a Sparrow chirping these days? May be not.

The little brown-grey birds once found in plenty are hardly ever sighted in big cities these days. It looks like we failed to maintain the trust these birds placed on us which is why we could not find these little birds these days. 

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House Sparrows were once found in huge numbers across the world. They were found in Bus stands, railway stations, gardens, schools, parks those days. 

Why did the Sparrows disappear?

It is a known fact that the bird disappeared due to following reasons:

Trees have been felled indiscriminately causing the sparrow to lose its home. 

Homes are now high rise buildings with no cosy alcoves or ledges, nooks or crannies. 

Most gardens these days are given over to exotic species that do not belong there. 

Native plants have been uprooted and thrown out. 

Water is a scarce resource in most cities and concrete has replaced the dust. 

Those days gunny bags filled with rice and lentils were stored outside grocery stores and when the rice or lentils were measured out for you, a few of it fell to the ground. Sparrows waiting nearby for just such an incident would swoop down happily and make a meal of it. But with grocery shops giving way to super markets, this is not possible now a days.

The excessive use of chemical fertilizer has ruined it for them here too.

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I strongly feel that it is very important to save these little birds. If you are a lover of these birds, please comment, share images of sparrows in this blog. 

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