| ID | 2790 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kasba, Banku Bihari Chatterjee Road |
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| City/District | Kolkata |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 22.51790237 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.37857819 |
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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? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
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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 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 am staying in this locality since my birth. There used to be nests in our house and I have seen sparrows incubating eggs and even few seconds old young ones. As I am into gardening I used to find it irritating as they ate young seedlings and fresh bloomed flowers. At the same time it was quite fascinating watching them quarrel over a nut and rolling themselves on dry soil.
As our house was really old and asking for a renovation it was given to a promoter and now there stands a four storey building. In the mean while I did noticed a marked decrease in the number of sparrows and it was striking not to spot a single one of them. It really made me sorrow to think that just because of us some beautiful animals are disappearing from this planet.
Amazingly, but for the past 2 years the sparrow colony has again become visible and I have to use nets to protect my plants. |
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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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