| ID | 1051 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Sahtuvachari Phase II - Residential Area |
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| Rough Address/Area | Sathuvacheri |
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| City/District | Vellore |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 12.93028736 |
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| Location Longitude | 79.15627289 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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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 lived there |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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? | The ordinary small sized sparrows (the palm-sized) are observed rarely in our area. Our neighbourhood has a number of trees in almost all houses though we have only flower plants in our house. The bigger-sized sparrows (we call them wild sparrows (about 15-20 cm in size) frequent our house very often. Actually we get a wake up call with their chirping on many days. They roam on the flower plants and papaya, mango trees in the next house. Sometimes, they came and have rice which was placed for the crow. The crows, squirrels and these big sparrows compete for the rice sometimes. And we keep water in one mug during day-time (when we leave for office) so that the birds can have water. |
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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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