| ID | 3124 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | C-Scheme |
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| Rough Address/Area | Ashok Nagar |
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| City/District | Jaipur |
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| State | Rajasthan |
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| Location Latitude | 26.91103363 |
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| Location Longitude | 75.79739380 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | Other |
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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 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 shifted to my parental residence at Jaipur in 2006. I had spent my childhood here and had stayed here regularly till 1984. It is a 3700 sq yds plot with construction in two blocks. We have several trees, several shrubs with two rectangular blocks of lawns. Earlier till around 1995 all the adjacent plots of similar size had huge gardens like ours but gradually they were sold and split into half and multi story buildings came up. Since my occupying the area in 2006 again construction work is going on almost on three sides but some bird life is still seen. Sparrows can be seen almost every day. In early summers groups of 4 to 24 can be seen on my lawn and small patches of sand. They love to take sandbath and I believe that with it they locate ants and feed on them. I have hung several earthern pots to facilitate nesting but none has been occupied by them accept for one occassion. I found two nests on a Zizyphus tree in 2009 (since it is so large that I can not cann it a srub any more). Earlier they used to make nests inside our house but now each and every possible route of entry has been blocked by wire meshes. |
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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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