Mangaluru: Sparrows take to artificial nest boxes, animal activist’s conservation shows success

Team Udayavani, Jun 17, 2020, 9:35 AM IST

Mangaluru: Months after launching an artificial bird nesting project called ‘Home Sweet Home’ with an intention to provide nesting spaces for birds like sparrows by Mangaluru-based animal activist Tauseef Ahmed, the birds have finally accepted the artificial nest boxes placed for them as their home.

Independent animal activist Tauseef Ahmed had launched this project last year, wherein artificial living spaces are created for birds using PVC pipes and labeled each of these nests with a sticker reading ‘Home Sweet Home’.

The artificial bird nesting project was conceived after Ahmed found few birds dead in electrical and AC boxes where they had built their nests, due to electrocution.

As may as 100 nests had been placed in different areas of the city and each unit has three nesting spaces, one unit measures 2.5 feet in length, the internal width of which is 4 inches.

The units are waterproof and can easily last for over 25 years and these units are big enough for sparrows, robins, and even squirrels to nest.