| ID | 2165 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | M.G.R Street |
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| Rough Address/Area | Vadavalli |
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| City/District | Coimbatore |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 11.02609634 |
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| Location Longitude | 76.90216064 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1995-1999 |
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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? | Scrubland |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I still remember those golden days, when I was going to my high school. We will have atleast 2 nests built in our house ( near ventilator openings & Electicity meter board)during every breeding season. There were a few pairs which even take our presence for granged and come into our living room and get into their nests. Occasionally they also indulge in mass sunbaths in our courtyard. I have not spent even a single day without hearing their chirping.
There was one time when a nest was build in our bedroom's attire, but the only problem was the sparrows had to come to this room thru the main entrance crossing our living room, as the bird entrance for bedroom was sealed. we had 2 sparrow chicks in the hatching chirping the whole day. It so happened that we had to leave outstation early morning (3:00 AM )and we locked our house and went.When we returned around 8:00 PM the parents were chirping and swarming around us. My Mom took some rice and kept it in the hall, both the male and the female quickly took the grains to the nest and fed the chicks. From that day, we made sure that no ventilators are sealed in our house. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | No buildings |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | It was a shrubland area ( nearly 3-4 acres) and had 3-4 single storeyed house. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | It wasn't an agricultural area, but had some tall grasses during the monsoons |
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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, Wall cavity, In electrical fixture |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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