| ID | 1751 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Podanur |
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| Rough Address/Area | Podanur |
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| City/District | Coimbatore |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 10.96515942 |
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| Location Longitude | 76.98923492 |
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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? | 500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village) |
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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? | Does not apply: I never saw sparrows during this period |
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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? | Many years back (about 15 years) house sparrows were pretty common and in fact we also had a few nests around our house.Now that a lot of buildings have sprung up after breaking down the older buildings, the sparrows have just vanished.I believe its this increase in number of buildings coupled with the huge increase in population (not to mention the huge amount of pollution) in this area as well has contributed to the missing sparrows.One more contributor could be the burning of waste in a dump yard close to where I live.
However I am pleased to report that I have noticed that the house sparrow is present at about 12- 13 kms from where I live at the Coimbatore Omni bus stand, where there are cardboard nest boxes (about 10 nests) placed on the roof of the bus shelters.
Please let me know how I can bring back the house sparrow back to where I live. |
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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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