| ID | 2677 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Brockhurst below Chotta Shimla |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Shimla |
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| State | Himachal Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 31.08459091 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.18085480 |
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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 (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? | 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? | 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? | We used to live in cottages of britishers' time. Regularly... 365 days of the year we used to feed the sparrows with rice n bajara n keep water i pot. Then, somehow we got in a habit of slipping rice grains one by one from d net-door. The birds were not scared of us, and so many of them used to come in a group and vry near d door to pick up the grains in their beaks. We used to get delighted at getting the rare opportunity to watch the lil birdies from so near.
And believe it, they look so pretty, delicate n gentle, n loving. They truly know how to respong back to love n emotions. I feel its one of the most intelligent and receptive species. But, need to be handled with extreme care. |
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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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