Making efforts to help birds survive

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Making efforts to help birds survive

 

Deepti Acharya

 

To create awareness about the declining numbers of house sparrows, March 20

is observed as World House Sparrow Day. To support the objective, Plants and

Animal Welfare Society (Paws) and National Service Scheme (NSS), a unit of

NKTT College, Thane, in media partnership with DNA has organised an event in

Thane.

With urbanisation, declining quality of environment and sparse green cover,

the number of house sparrows, one of the most commonly-found bird species

earlier, has declined over a period of time. On the day, events and

awareness campaigns highlight issues like house sparrow nesting sites, food,

effects of pesticides, microwave pollution that acts as a silent killer and

how this species can be helped to survive adverse conditions. “House

sparrows engage in building nests in crevices, but glass and concrete

structures have little space,” said Nilesh Bhanage, founder-trustee of Paws.

 

 

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