| ID | 2980 |
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Sus road |
| Rough Address/Area | Sus Rd |
| City/District | Pune |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Location Latitude | 18.54799271 |
| Location Longitude | 73.77075958 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
| 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) |
| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I lived there |
| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
| Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see? | A very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 birds |
| 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 |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | The area that i live is surrounded by small hillocks, a river and a lake nearby. Also, the area has very less huge trees and forests. Its majorly plain unfarmed dry land, on which i see hundreds of sparrowa brushing their feathers early in the morning.
I feed the sparrows everyday with rice and water, but have seen lately that there are few piegons that are a competiion for their food. However, as of now the piegons are few.
Other birds seen in large numbers in my area are crows, bulbuls, swallows (they have nests in the buildings) and jungle mynahs. |
| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | |
| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | |
| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | |
| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | |
| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | |
| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |