| ID | 10660 |
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Yukta Apartment, Lane no 8, Near Spencers Daily, Karvenagar |
| Rough Address/Area | Shriram Society, Karve Nagar, Hingne Budrukh |
| City/District | Pune |
| State | Maharashtra 411052 |
| Location Latitude | 18.49086952 |
| Location Longitude | 73.81994629 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Old residential area |
| 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) |
| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I lived there |
| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
| 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 |
| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen occasionally |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I live in a rented 1bhk flat on 4th floor in karvenagar. I have a big balcony and i love to feed pigeons and sparrows there. I feed them pearl millet ( baajri ). Around 10 - 20 sparrows come daily in my balcony to get their daily food along with pigeons. I have been keeping constant eye on their count and i am happy that their number is increasing.
They keep coming for whole day and chirp around. I love their presence in my balcony and it makes me happy too. |
| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes |
| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | |
| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | A few |
| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Tree hole |
| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |