| ID | 1537 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kubera Bahaar, Pashan-Baner Link Road |
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| Rough Address/Area | Pashan |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.54752731 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.79141998 |
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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? | 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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | For last two years a housesparrow family is staying in the terrace of my apartment. It is on the 7th floor and I think they liked the height. The outlet of my hall's AC make good support for holding the nest. The nest was initially built by a pair of purple sunbird (I might be wrong in naming them). My husband tried to help them by putting some newspaper below the nest, but they didn't like the idea much. So they flew away and the sparrow couple found themselves a readymade home to start a family. Several times the eggs and newborns fell down from the nest. We picked the baby birds up and put them back into the nest if they were alive, but not all of them were lucky. I think they laid eggs for at least 2-3 times. Around 3-4 months back, we went out of station for a few days. After coming back, we found that a pegion couple has occupied the nest and laid aggs there. The sparrow-babies must had gorwn up and flew away by then and the sparrow couple had left the nest for a few days. But after coming back when they saw the pegions living there, they didn't leave. They are now friends with the pegions and they have found a hole through which they can go inside the loft and make nest in the flower vases I kept there. But I don't think so far they have made any new nest. I am enjoing their company, but by May-June I am going to move form this place. I don't know whether the new occupant will be bird-friendly or not. All I can do is wish them good luck. |
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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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