| ID | 2422 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Pipalkoti |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Chamoli |
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| State | Uttarakhand |
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| Location Latitude | 30.40410423 |
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| Location Longitude | 79.33177185 |
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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? | Town |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other |
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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 visited frequently |
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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 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 was on my way to my field area in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve for one of my semester projects. In the town of Pipalkoti we were stuck because of a landslide a few kms ahead. A flock of c. 25 house sparrows flew from the road side bushes onto the roadside dirt and many of them put their abdomen on the dirt and started wiping dust with their wings! Though i don't know exactly what they were trying to do. It was a wonderful sight to see so many house sparrows together as I had not seen so many at a time for long. I have photographs of them as well. However, I used to see groups of 5-10 house sparrows occasionally in the FRI campus and in the villages behind the campus. Hope these information will be of help. Thank you. |
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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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