2. Its 21st century, a fast-growing digital era. Today our morning breaks with SMS beeps and tweets. We are
more familiar to the than the natural tweets. But can you imagine the world where there are no birds singing
songs, no natural music? Do you remember when did you hear a sparrow chitter last time? Probably no, no
one does. It’s a small and useless bird- that’s what we think, don’t we?
In the last few decades, the population of sparrows has witnessed a sharp decline. The birds which could be
found everywhere are hard to spot now. This is the result of various nature-tampering activities of the
humankind like deforestation, establishment of mobile towers, use of unhealthy pesticides, tampering with
the food chain, and finally various forms of pollution.
Well, one man thought with a different perspective. Mohammed E. Dilawar, a nature conservationist with a
difference could think beyond tigers and rhinos. He could see urban and he decided to bring back the house
sparrow into the urban landscape again.
But six years ago, when Dilawar expressed his concern about this, nobody took him seriously. “When I spoke
to people about it, they laughed at me.” He then started the Nature Forever Society (NFS) and pledged to
restore the urban flora and fauna which generally goes unnoticed as forests remain the centre of attraction.
This year, after getting thousands of feedbacks from various parts of the country, the NFS in association with
the Burhani Foundation (India) has decided to go live. They started the project Save Our Sparrow (SOS), an
initiative in which they distributed 52,000 bird feeders across the world on a non-profit basis.
This effort to save the nature and the environment has been sent to Guinness Book of World Records as well
as. The Limca citation says, “As the world celebrated World Sparrow Day, Indian Postal Department released
a stamp of the house sparrow along with the rock pigeon on March 20, 2010. Nashik-based Mohammed
Dilawar, who initiated the movement in India, was in the forefront of the activities in Delhi.”
But, these birds, being an indicator of environmental health, need to be saved before they can be seen only in
books or on the internet. In nearly 260 cities and townships across the country – in states such as
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal- free bird
feeders and installation manuals were distributed to individuals, schools and various institutes.
Alarmed by their decline, a lot of NGOs and individuals have volunteered to the cause of the common,
currently facing a major threat from human developmental activities. If you are one who liked the
chattering sound of the sparrows in your childhood, then it’s your time to pay for the opera you enjoyed. Visit
Let’s hope to see a better world tomorrow.
3. Save sparrows, save our
environment
Sparrow is a lovely, beautiful and social bird found everywhere in our
surroundings. Now a days the due to different reasons, numbers of
sparrows are reducing day by day. In this article I am providing
important information related to sparrows and important tips to save
sparrows.
Sparrow is the most lovable, small and harmless bird. Sparrows can be
seen anywhere in our surroundings. It is a social bird. You were able
to see a sparrow around you whenever you want some years ago. But
now a days you have to search a sparrow if you want to show your
children. The population of sparrow is declining. According to a study
there is 80% decline in the numbers of sparrow. Sparrow is an
important part of our life. Since we have grown to adult by observing
this small and beautiful bird. The fallen sparrow inspired Salim Ali's
carrier in ornithology. Now this is decreasing day by day. Now we
have to save this sparrow to save our environment. To aware the
people 20th march is celebrated as world sparrow day every year.
4. Habitat and Food
Sparrows are generally associated with human beings.
Sparrows are found in the places where human are
densely populated. Sparrows eat food grains like
wheat, oat etc and larvae of mosquitoes and insects
5. Importance of Sparrow
The some major importance of
sparrow are:
Ecological Balance : Every animal and plant in this world has its
significance. The sparrow is a member of many food chain and food
web. So as you know if you harm any food chain it will affect complete
food web. So if you will not save sparrow it will disturb ecological
balance.
Pollination in many plants: Sparrow helps in pollination in many
plants. Pollination is a process by which the pollen grain of one flower
reaches to stigma of other flower in sexual reproduction. So Sparrow
helps in sexual reproduction in plants
Reduce many diseases : Sparrow eats larvae of many insects and
mosquitoes which causes many diseases like malaria, dengue etc. So
sparrows protect us from many diseases which are life threatened.
Brings prosperity: Sparrows bring prosperity for us. We like to
watch this small and lovable bird. Our children always want to
observe this bird and always sing songs related to this bird to
entertain themselves
6. Reasons of declining
The numbers of sparrows are declining. Some important reasons of declining are as
follows:
Loss of habitat : Due to modern technology old spacious buildings have been changed to the
shapes where sparrow do not find their habitat. It is the most important reason of decline of
population.
Lack of food : The old Kirana shops have been converted in to malls or big bazaar. In this type of
bazaar and malls all the items are found in packets. So sparrows do not find their food grains
which were available in old Kirana Shops.
Electro Magnetic Radiation : The electromagnetic radiations released from our mobile phone is
also a major cause of decline in the numbers of sparrows.
Modern Agriculture : Modern agriculture is also a important reason of decline the numbers of
sparrows. In modern agriculture insecticide and pesticides are widely used which adversely affect
the birds directly and indirectly. When sparrows eat this types of fruits this affects in the formation
of egg's shell. The numbers of insects decrease due to insecticides whose larvae are food of
sparrows.
Pollution : Pollution is the most important reasons of declining the numbers of sparrows.
Different types of pollution like water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, etc adversely affect
sparrows.
Loss of tree cover : The deforestation is also a reason of decline of sparrows population. We are
constructing modern buildings, malls, big bazaar, industries etc by destroying forest and plants.
7. Tips to save sparrows
It is our duty to save this small, lovable, beautiful and
harmless bird for environment and for ourselves.
Don't do bigger things. Only by doing smaller things
you can give your support to save this bird and to save
our environment. Some important tips to save
sparrows:
8. Arrangement should be made for the availability of food
grains and water for sparrows.
Try to minimize pollution as much as possible.
Minimize the use of your cell phone. If possible, use anti
radiation cover to protect yourselves and to protect
environment.
Wisely use insecticides and pesticides. One word of these
substances are harmful in many ways.
Use high quality of fuel in your vehicle and maintain your
vehicle to minimize the pollution.
You can use a simple apparatus to provide food and water
for the sparrows. Some apparatus were distributed by
Burhani foundation India last year on World Sparrow Day
(20th March) all over the world to inspire the people to save
sparrows.
