| ID | 2311 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | shankar vihar |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.56307030 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.13960266 |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I have tried unsuccessfully to invite sparrows to nest in my old wooden letterbox put up high on the balcony wall.But across 06 years ,it has been the common myna or the garden squirrel who have based themselves prim and proper in my box. whereas the few sparrows I get to see during winters nest on window ledges or similar wall niches, only to have their nest blown away by the summer breezes or thrown away by humans.But elsewhere in coastal karnataka (the mangalore - karwar highway), I had observed sparrows nesting gloriously in corragated boxes put on temple walls/pillars/corners. That was such a happy sight!In the same coastal karnataka region,in a hamlet called Dhareshwar, I have however noticed the sparrow population dwindling across the years( 2005- 2012) . Along with the sparrows the weaver birds too have been spotted lesser in numbers during the same years. |
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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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