| ID | 2977 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | R K Nagar Residential Colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | Ratnappa Kumbhar Nagar |
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| City/District | Kolhapur |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 16.66274261 |
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| Location Longitude | 74.24399567 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
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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 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | This was my childhood and of course the happiest time of my life.
The locality I lived was outskirt of the city but it was almost like an empty baron land with not many big trees but lot of grass.
There were so many birds around, especially sparrows. I would enjoy seeing them in front of my house, jumping, making sounds and even bathing in the collected rain water on the road or in the yard.
Many a times, sparrows used to build a nest inside our house behind one of the hanging wall photograph and I would say they were very much bold and any no of times I would shoo them away, they used to come back.
It's very sad that I don't see them any more. Whenever I visit my native, I look for these small friends but ..... i don't know what happened to them and why they are vanishing. |
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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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