| ID | 1672 |
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | residential locality - sunder shawas housing society |
| Rough Address/Area | |
| City/District | Pune |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Location Latitude | 18.47369766 |
| Location Longitude | 73.81394196 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
| 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) |
| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I lived there |
| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I have twin daughters now +2years old and they get full of joy when a sparrow comes in our terrace. We have kept a bowl of water for birds (lots many pigeons also visiting) also we put some grains for them.
I have also downloaded some animated songs in which sparrows and other birds sings and dances and i can see a cheerful glory on faces of my daughters, in turn heartfull of hapiness, satisfaction to me and my wife. I know this is due to sparrows, pigeons and other birds in my locality.
I want to know somthing about how to help them to grow? means how can help them to build a nest on my terrace or near by locality, may be some ready made nest arrangements available or some technics to attract them. If some one help me to have some information about this i will be thankul to them. |
| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | |
| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | |
| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | |
| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | |
| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | |
| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |