| ID | 2766 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Eskimos' Enclave society |
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| Rough Address/Area | Gurukul |
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| City/District | Ahmedabad |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 23.04376411 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.52431488 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2000-2004 |
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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? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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? | Sparrows were a regular feature at my home with the little birds often coming flying in through the front door, typically in the search of a nesting spot. But a peculiar thing would take place after that.
During its conquest, it would end up discovering a strange reflecting surface near the wash-basin. And when it looked at its mirror image on the wall, it would find a rival sparrow already there. Boy oh boy! This meant trouble!
With this, the bird would crash into the mirror, flapping its wings and, seemingly to it, fighting gloriously in mid-air! Beaks would clash and heads would bang, and it would become very difficult to convince it that there was only one king in the jungle ... i mean one sparrow in the house.
The battle would rage on until one of us at home shooed the bird away. In the meantime, it would have left us with ample poop or guano on the wash-basin. Talk about spoils of the war! |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Multi-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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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? | Don't know |
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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? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Other (please specify), Above a cupboard |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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