| ID | 3335 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Muthathi village Hanuman Temple |
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| Rough Address/Area | Muthathi |
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| City/District | Mandya |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 12.30762386 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.31277466 |
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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? | Village |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Place of worship |
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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 visited once or twice |
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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 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? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I'm sharing the following experience as it MAY PROVE TO BE USEFUL
It was my visit to the village Muthathi 2 or maybe 3 yrs ago, which is in close proximity to a Jungle Resort,near the Bheemeshwari Fishing Camp. This village is approx 100Km from Bangalore City.
While offering pooja in the Hanuman Temple located in the village of Muthathi, I noticed a few sparrows flying around within the temple premises.
It immediately hit me that in many religious places wherever I've visited and sparrows were sighted, all the places had one thing in common; the was NO CELL PHONE SIGNAL(ZERO SIGNAL STRENGTH).
I immediately checked my cellphone and found that there was NO SIGNAL. The sprrows were the ones I've spotted within a temple, and I didnt really observe or look out for nests. But the place is surrounded by forests and there may be a significant number present.
In general, I have, on my visits to certain places, observed the presence of sparrows in places which are isolated from human habitation and primarily Mobile signal strength is either very low or nil. |
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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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