| ID | 1254 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Swarna Nagar, 6th cross |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Kolar Gold Fields |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 12.94962406 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.25475311 |
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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? | 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? | 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 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? | I always loved birds and sparrows were part of my day-today life. But now I found their number decreased a lot(probably in last 10 years).
Even now I do find sparrows coming to my house and my parents encourage them to visit by serving them grains or some broken rice.
I would really appreciate if we can find a way to save these cute birds from extinction. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Single-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Just Concrete buildings, with some trees here and there. |
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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? | Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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