| ID | 3149 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kaulagarh |
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| Rough Address/Area | Kaulagarh |
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| City/District | Dehradun |
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| State | Uttarakhand |
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| Location Latitude | 30.34902382 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.00904846 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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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? | 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? | 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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I used to see Sparrows whenever i visited this area, but now since i have shifted to this place after completing my masters, i have been seeing these birds regularily. This area has a river tributory called Tons in the backdrop and a patch of forest which increase the ecological richness of the place. Recently i have observed that the Sparrows are nesting and they are present in a fair number in this locality. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Other food shops, Non-food shops, Cattle sheds, Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | A few old buildings are present here. Some empty plots support wild shrubs and grasses and a few people keep livestock. The area is kind of an ecotone between the city and the forests. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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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? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity, In electrical fixture |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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