World Sparrow Day 2021: Sparrow Facts And Protect Sparrows
World Sparrow Day is celebrated on March 20 every year. Conservationists of delhi are trying to raise the cause of the House Sparrow, the state bird of Delhi, which currently sits on the red list of the endangered species of IUCN.
It a day to raise awareness and protect the common house sparrows, which are not so commonly seen now due to increasing noise pollution. World Sparrow Day is an initiative started by the Nature Forever Society of India along with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France. The Society was started by a dedicated conservationist Mohammed Dilawar. He was named by the Time as one of the “Heroes of the Environment” in 2008. On World Sparrow Day, let’s promise together to love the birds and take care of them especially when the harsh summer season is knocking on our door and the birds need cool shades and water just like humans.
How to take care of house sparrow?
- You can place a bowl filled with water and seeds on your roof to feed on, in harsh summer.
- Plant trees in and around your homes to create shelters for them.
Check out the interesting facts of sparrow:
- They have the ability to fly at the speed of 38.5 km/hour and can even reach a speed of 50 km/hour.
- Sparrows are around 14-16 cm long. They are chirpy, with grey and brown color.
- Males and female house sparrows can be easily distinguished by the feather coloration: males have reddish backs and a black bib, while females have brown backs with stripes.
- Sparrows raise three nests of 3-5 eggs.
- Sparrows can survive between 4 and 5 years in the wild.
- The oldest sparrow recorded till date is known to live for 15 years and 9 months!
How to Celebrate World Sparrow Day?
The sparrows are known to live in the home, backyards and green patches in urban and rural areas but “in the last two decades, their population is on the decline in almost every city,” according to the wwfindia.org. On this World Sparrow Day let’s encourage children and others around us to respect spaces for sparrows.
When I was growing up, sparrows was making their nests in my home, but now, we are rarely seeing the sparrow because we don’t have sparrow friendly environment.
Create Sparrow friendly Environment: keep a bowl of water and grains in the balcony OR roof for sparrows to feed on, we can also do things to have more greenery, which will encourage sparrows to visit us more often.
We are urge you to help them and create the sparrow friendly environment if you can and tech the same to younger generation.
Happy World Sparrow Day!
