| ID | 3211 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Aarambh Township, Papireddy Colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Hyderabad |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 17.48289871 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.32779694 |
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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? | Other |
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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? | 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? | 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | A next next door in a confined area, and various sparrow nests, frequent visits of groups of sparrows during early morning hours and several during the day. Am thrilled and overjoyed to see sparrows and other endangered birds in Hyderabad after 3 dacades. The place where I was born and brought up Erramanjil quarters, Dilsukhnagar in early 70's and 80's were seen with black spotted doves, parrots, robins, sparrows (variety of them) and some wood peckers among some 80 varieties in Musi semi-forest area. The waters in Musi were clear, a beauty of its own, serene and natural was the entire valley stretching long long distances. |
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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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