| ID | 1272 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | South Campus,Delhi University |
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| Rough Address/Area | South Campus,Delhi University |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.58453560 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.16361237 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Campus |
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| 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) |
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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? | Never: I saw no sparrows during this period |
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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? | No sparrows observed |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | We lived in South Campus from 1991 to 2010. The whole campus was full of sparrows. They would fly into the rooms during the summer months and build nests inside the house. We had to often switch off our fans so as not to hurt them. They never hurt the kids who were toddlers at that time nor were they particularly bothered by by the kids crawling around.
One incident really amuses me still. A sparrow had made a nest in the stepne of our scooter. Every time that the scooter was started the 'mom' sparrow flew off the tire and waited patiently on the window for the scooter to return. We got so attached to the sparrow that when the eggs burst and the chicks began to chirp we stopped using the scooter till the birds flew away.
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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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