Save sparrow under your CSR activity

In 80’s, sparrows, the chirpy, cheerful and charming birds were common sight in my house in Delhi.  My morning will start coming out of the house to pick the newspaper and watch the ever chirping, jumping little birds.  Yes, sparrow does not walk, it jumps. Today I do not get opportunity to see one.  Sparrows love to live with human being.   They never make their nest on the trees but prefer in live crevices in the house.  They feed on grains and insects and only feed insects to their chicks.  There population is dwindling fast all over the world, more so in India for unclear reasons.

Can we do something about it? The corporate could provide a new opportunity to save this little bird feeding mainly on the insects under their CSR activities.

1. Provide bird boxes to be kept in the open area or balcony as the modern architecture do not provide opportunity to these little birds to make nest in crevices in the house or apartments.
2. Keep water bowls or bird bath, particularly in the summer season.
3. Feed these birds with grains
4. Celebrate March World Sparrow Day on 20th March every year.

 

For further information log on to:

http://www.sparrowshelter.org.in/index.html

http://www.natureforever.org/index.html

Your views/ comments are invited.

Dinesh Agrawal