| ID | 10002 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Gabbar Hill, Ambaji |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Banaskantha |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 24.33845901 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.82606506 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Other |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Place of worship |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I visited once or twice |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
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| Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see? | A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Gabbar Hill is a holy place and a temple of Ambaji on the top of a hill. There are around 900 steps to climb to reach the top where the temple is situated. The hill is surrounded by some scrubs and tress. Once we started climbing up, I saw around 5 house sparrows in scrubs around. And on reaching the top, I saw around 15 house sparrows and active nests. There was a nest in a clay nest, plus two nests in plastic containers, plus one nest in a cctv camera hole ( yes there was a place for cctv camera, but the camera wasn't there so they were nesting in that also)... |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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