Sponsor Bird Shelters for Sparrows in Kolkata

This is a very innovative idea propagated by Biswajit De for conservation of sparrows which are dwindling in numbers in the cities due to lack of suitable homes. Sparrows typically used to make their homes in skylights and window slits. Now... the construction of most homes are such that sparrows are unable to make their nests in coz...y nooks and crannies, a fact which has brought this once common bird to the brink of extinction. The population of sparrows (Passer domesticus) is falling alarmingly and its time we do something to save these birds without whom the image of an Indian neighbourhood remains incomplete....

Not very expensive to sponsor and maintain, each of these homes are priced at just Rs 100! With the onset of a whole new year, indulge in those frivolous resolutions. Maybe smoke a pack less, or drink a coupla less beers or abstain from the cheese filled burger or don't give much thought about the nail-paint you will wear just once... Do your little bit to help the tiny ones survive in this concrete jungle. 

 

 

I would urge each one of you to sponsor one of these homes for the sake of the little birds whose chirps remain an integral part of our childhood memories in the city :-)