| ID | 10065 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Paranjpe schem, Vile parle east |
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| Rough Address/Area | Netaji Subhash Nagar, Vile Parle East |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.10828590 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.84946442 |
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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? | City (main) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I lived there |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Never: I saw no sparrows during this period |
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| Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see? | Does not apply: I never saw sparrows during this period |
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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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Vile Parle (E) is a very green area. there are large trees 30 to 40 years old of a great variety. Saying that in my 1.5 years stay i had not seen a sparrow in the locality. I always knew that the high population of crows is the reason why sparrows can not breed in Mumbai. This theory is presented by one of the researcher from BNHS. There are few places in Vile Parle (E) where you will find trees like Babhul, Bor, Imli in which scavengers like crows can not enter and hence they become safe heavens for small birds like sparrows. So I was walking to work 4 to 5 days back i heard chirps i had heard long back when i used to stay in Nashik. I scanned the beautiful bor tree from where the voice was coming and i saw 7 to 8 sparrows on the tree. I was so excited that there are sparrows in Vile parle. Yesterday evening that tree was cut down. If we want to do anything about saving sparrows we need to stop such thing from happening n future. |
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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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