| ID | 1392 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Vasant Vihar Complex , Pokhran Road No 2 |
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| Rough Address/Area | Jawahar Nagar, Thane West |
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| City/District | Thane |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.22083664 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.96669769 |
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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? | City (outskirts) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
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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 fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 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? | A pair of sparrows has been roosting with us for nearly 4 months now.
In the balcony of our 9th Fl apartment, we have a money-plant creeper running along the roof of the balcony. We have also hung a bird nest of coconut (procured from Sri Lanka) from the roof.
At the start of the winter season, this pair of sparrows started bringing some nesting material inside the coconut hollow and the female started occupying the nest at night. Later however both shifted to the creepers. As the winter was severe this time, the creepers offered good protection from the cold breeze blowing down the Yeoor hills. They would arrive by dusk time and leave after sunrise. They used to arrive independently, mostly with the female coming in first but occasionally the male also used to arrive first. Whoever came in first would occupy a fixed place , with the latter taking position about 2 feet away.
In the first week of March, they stopped coming and we were really missing them. But in the last week, they returned much to our delight. They are currently roosting. All of us have got so accustomed to their coming that nobody at home can go to bed without first checking up that the birds were tucked away for the night.
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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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