Searching for Sparrows- a movie in the making...

Some initial thoughts-

Do you want to build bird house?

Do you want to paint birds?

Are you an illustrator and do you want to illustrate a story on this topic?

Are you a theater artist who would like to write a script for a street play,?

Are you getting inspired to work on a public art which will encourage dialogue about bird habitats?
Do you want to document via photograph or film, places where you found birds?

Did you record bird sounds on your recent hike?

Did you discover a new spot to take a hike?

You know of a public park which can be adapted to convert into a bird habitat and you want volunteers to work on it?

You want a gallery space to display your work on birds?

Do you want to create a local conservation group? You are looking for a space to meet-up like minded people?

"Thank you so much for sending this email. I really appreciate your feedback. I would love to learn more about your documentary. Recently in Coimbatore, two bus conductors helped a population of sparrows thrive by placing nest boxes at the private bus stand. Ground level conservation can play a huge role in saving sparrows. Maybe you should consider that. It could give an educative angle and help involve people to be a part of this initiative. Also. like scientific reports state that mobile phones cause the problem, it has not been validated scientifically to a large extent. There are other smaller issues, for example, in those days thatched roofs helped sparrows nest, also the rice and grains we get from a local kirana shop spills over. You will always see sparrows hover around these small shops picking grains. In the age of perfectly packed food, there is no spilling, so where do the sparrows go?

These are the smaller but more important things in my opinion. I am also looking at writing small stories for kids and do some sessions in schools to teach them about disappearance of sparrows.

Do keep me posted about your work. Would love to hear from you. Kudos!"

- A reply to early research on Searching fro Sparrows.

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