| ID | 10073 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | a garage near panigate,an urban slum |
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| Rough Address/Area | Yakutpura |
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| City/District | Vadodara |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 22.30121803 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.21463013 |
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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? | Old residential area |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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? | Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year |
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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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 birds |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | on the morning of 14th august,at 9:15 am i went to a garage in panigate to get my activa repaired.what i observed that there were two trees in front of the garage,a rare sight in a place as congested as the old city area!! my activa was repaired and i reversed to leave.on my way out, i had to apply brakes suddenly as there were 2 sparrows on the ground...one of these sparrows was a baby bird,yery stubborn baby sparrow not ready to move!!! while i drove away , i saw another tree a few metres away from where i saw these birds, however i did not stop to look for any nests...my maid lives there,she happened to tell me once about a survey being done in her area regarding a mobie tower in their locality and its ill effects on them....its kind of an urban slum.. i happen to live naround 100 metres from this place where i saw the sparrows, but i haven't seen a single sparrow in so many years in my area..a few years ago,there used to be a tree in front of my house and one could hear chirping of birds daylong..some sparrows even paid me occassional visits in my room!! however that tree was cut a few years ago and ever since no sparrows are in sight anymore! i am no expert of birds, but , just wanted to help by giving this very little and possibly trivial piece of information ..thank you! |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Open-air eateries |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | urban slum , muslim locality. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
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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? | A few |
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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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