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20 March 2013

World Sparrow Day

We Hindus follow lot of customs. One such is, coconut wrapped in red cloth and tied above the main door of the house. Now, what to do with this custom for World Sparrow day? The reason is, these coconuts were the room for house sparrows at my grandparents place. As kids we enjoyed life in the lap of nature. But with present lives in Metros we hardly come across too many birds, but sparrows though are very frequent visitors to my balcony next to pigeons.
Due to drastic decline of sparrows across Asia, Europe and Africa, 20th March every year is celebrated as World Sparrow Day since 2010, to create awareness among people. 

Useful Links:
http://www.worldsparrowday.org/ 
http://www.natureforever.org/index.html

Linked to Camera Critters, The Bird D'Pot
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21 comments:

  1. Rajesh23 March 2013 at 10:23

    This little birds are cute. Sadly I do not get to see them near my house.

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  2. Nancy23 March 2013 at 19:57

    How interesting! We have these house sparrows in great numbers where I live.

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  3. DeniseinVA23 March 2013 at 21:10

    Lovely photos of your sparrows.

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  4. Cheryl23 March 2013 at 21:13

    We have an abundance of sparrows, especially house sparrows. I'd be happy to send some your way. ;)

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  5. Unknown23 March 2013 at 21:55

    So cute! We have lots of them in Finland.

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  6. Anni 24 March 2013 at 01:59

    I did not know this info...thanks!!! And your photos are very nice...love the lighting in the compositions. You should consider adding your link to the Bird D'Pot weekend meme.

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    1. Meghana Hassan24 March 2013 at 09:31

      Thank u Anni. Thanks for sharing about Bird D'Pot, will add my link....

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  7. eileeninmd24 March 2013 at 05:28

    I see the House Sparrows here too, they seem to be everywhere! Thanks for sharing, have a happy weekend!

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  8. Janice Kay Schaub24 March 2013 at 06:32

    I love Sparrows, we don't see too many these days. They seem to hang out around the food courts instead of residential areas.....
    I miss them
    Janice

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    1. Meghana Hassan24 March 2013 at 09:32

      We have lots of them near my place Janice....

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  9. Jidhu Jose24 March 2013 at 09:36

    cool
    thanks for the info

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  10. Unknown25 March 2013 at 00:18

    He's a beauty!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  11. HansHB25 March 2013 at 12:38

    Lovely post, Perfect for the bird-theme!
    Well done!

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  12. Meghana Hassan25 March 2013 at 13:31

    Thank you...

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