| ID | 2025 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Panchpakhadi, Thane |
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| Rough Address/Area | Panch Pakhadi |
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| City/District | Thane West |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.19506073 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.96765900 |
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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 (main) |
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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? | 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? | I have heard of sparrows disappearing from other localities mostly due to use of cellphones and cell-phone towers..however, in my locality, we have enough food source and a well maintained lake in the middle due to which a number a birds flock together, breed and sparrows are in a fairly large number. I havent yet seen a dead sparrow anywhere and also havent seen any nests around. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Non-food shops, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Its predominantly a residential area with few shops and schools around. I havent observed many cellphone towers around and our building doesnt allow erecting one, which I think helps! |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | NA |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Window, Ledge, Tree hole |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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