| ID | 2955 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | GTB nagar Kareli Allahabad |
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| City/District | Allahabad |
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 25.41187477 |
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| Location Longitude | 81.87731934 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1975-1979 |
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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? | Agricultural fields |
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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? | 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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I have houses in Allahabad as well as in Kanpur.In my early days there use to be large number of sparrows in my back yard and we use to catch them for fun and let them go later.As I grew got bussy with other activities and did not noticed for long timre,but they were always in our Kanpur as well as in Allahabad.It was since 2-3 years when me and my wife started storing water and food for them we did not see many sparrows for days.Fortunately my wife told me that she saw s couple of sparrows at our Kanpur House along with some pigeon.
W'll be happy to contribute what ever information we will get regarding our fast vanishing loving sparrows that use to bring soo much of joy in our house and neighbouring.
Thank you very much.
Mohammad Anwar
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Open-air eateries |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Its a newly developed ( not so new ) say 25-30 years old.Nice bunglows & houses are being constructed every day.Becoming more and more crowded. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Both |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Wheat-Rice vagatables & Some fruits,like banana,guava etc... |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | A few |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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