| ID | 2472 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | India |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Dhule |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 20.90402031 |
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| Location Longitude | 74.75592804 |
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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? | Other |
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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? | In my childhood, I used to provide water and grains to feed sparrows and other birds on my house roof.That time many birds including group of 20-30 sparrow used to gather at my roof for food. They also used to take bath there in the water. There were lot of trees where sparrows sat to do chirping. I always liked to see them whenever I used to study on the roof.It was always pleasant experience in the morning to listen their chirping on the trees and flying games in the sky .But, whenever I go to my hometown now a days, rarely any sparrows are seen.There is no fun without them. It always feels disappointment and anger for human wrong doings because of which this beautiful creature leaving our earth to disappear.We as human beings cut lot of trees and stole their habitat. Pollution and increased use of mobile communication take their health to deaths.Please do some valuable actions to save them. |
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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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