| ID | 10629 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Outside Shiv Dham, Shivaji Road, Sai Section, Ambarnath East |
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| Rough Address/Area | Outside Shiv Dham, Shivaji Road, Sai Section, Ambarnath East |
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| City/District | Ambernath |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.20785713 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.18409729 |
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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? | Town |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other commercial 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? | 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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Clusters of sparrows roost here inhabiting shrub-like trees; dispersing during the day and returning to roost every evening along with roosting clusters of equally large numbers of common mynahs (Acridotheres tristis). The numbers of sparrows are usually 200 or so strong, by my estimate. These trees are on the side of a busy town road quite close to the station area, so it is surprising that the sparrows and mynahs who have been living here traditionally since I began noticing them in 1987 and onwards have not moved their roosting site though constructions, shopping and vehicular traffic (including mobile towers etc, SIC!!!) have come up all around their homesteads. |
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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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