| ID | 2274 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | AK Park-It is a residential colony with full of trees all over. |
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| Rough Address/Area | AK Block, Salt Lake City |
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| City/District | Kolkata |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 22.58915329 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.43130493 |
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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? | Garden/Park |
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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 worked/studied there |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year |
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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? | 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? | Sparrows has been part of my gardening games and my walks through alongside the river in my childhood back in my village ( in southern part of andhra pradesh). Missing to watch them building nests in the house ventilators and their chirping which is low and pleasant. Still remember placing water in bowls for them in the summer :) :( |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Multi-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | It has lot of green but one rarely find birds and sparrows are hard to find. |
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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? | |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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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? | 1995-1999 |
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