| ID | 1197 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kakva in Mulky town of Mangalore Taluk of India |
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| City/District | Mulki |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 13.10652065 |
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| Location Longitude | 74.80025482 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | Earlier than 1950 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Village |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Agricultural fields |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village) |
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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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | It is not just story, I am going to reveal the truth why house sparrows have disappeared.
Only one reason why they disappeared is "CEILING FAN". About 60 years back, there never used to be electricity in Indian villages and house sparrows were easily thriving building their nests inside village houses. After villages started getting electricity, each house started having ceiling fan. House sparrows are not able to see the movement of rotating fans and easily get killed. During my childhood, I have personally seen hundreds of
getting killed due to rotating ceiling fans.
One best example how these house sparrows would thrive without ceiling fan condition is Bengaluru Air-port where you will not find a single ceiling fan but will find a dozen or two sparrows freely moving without the fear of human beings around, thriving on the left out eatables lying on the canteen tables.
Find a solution for house sparrows avoiding ceiling fan, I am confident, you will find plenty of house sparrows within 10 years of such plan implementation. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Poultry farms, Multi-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | agricultural area |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | paddy |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | , roof specially made stand |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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