Pushpa Gujral Science
City today celebrated World Sparrow Day by organizing a webinar. Mohammed
Dilawar, the man behind the first celebration of World Sparrow Day was the key
speaker at the occasion.
He said that five
different species of sparrows are found in India. Out of the five, only one
species is migratory while the rest are native to the Indian subcontinent. The
most abundant and widespread is Passer domesticus. It's important to save
sparrows by installing nest boxes, bird feeders, planting native plants and
reducing use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. He emphasized on saving
sparrows to save humanity.
Gitanjali Kanwar,
Coordinator, WWF-India added that there are about fifty species of birds that
live closest to human dwellings. These birds include bulbul, sparrows’ pigeons,
warblers, parakeets, etc. Such birds find birdhouses safer, protective and
habitable. It is the survival instinct that urges the endangered sparrows to
shift their natural habitats from houses and buildings to the artificially
built bird houses.
Speaking at the
occasion, Dr Neelima Jerath, Director General Science City said that humble
house sparrow or Passer domesticus (gharaan di chidi) is a bird most of us grew
up with. The chorus of chirping that greeted us at sunrise and sunset was as
good as clockwork but slowly and surely these little delightful and hyperactive
birds have bid adieu to our homes and cities. This has been an ongoing process
since the 1990s. Further, each year March 20 is observed as the World Sparrow Day
and rightly so, as these birds deserve our sincere conservation efforts to
restore these birds to their genuine habitats.
Delivering vote
of thanks, Dr Rajesh Grover, Director, Science City said that it is very
important to raise awareness about the decreasing population of sparrows else
we may hear stories from our next generation narrating once upon a time there
was a little bird called a sparrow.
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