| ID | 3376 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | ACTREC 60 acre campus, Sector 22, Kharghar |
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| Rough Address/Area | Kharghar |
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| City/District | Navi Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.06579208 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.06441498 |
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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? | Campus |
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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 worked/studied 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? | 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 used to see lots of house sparrows near my home in Goregaon, Mumbai in the past. My building is surrounded by trees planted by us. But over the past few years, maybe even a decade or more, their numbers have definitely gone down. I have not seen a sparrow there for quite some time - the birds there are crows, pigeons and we see koels, parrots. Our ashoka trees house a colony of bats since my childhood.
Surprisingly, and thankfully, I have found that there are still lots of sparrows at my campus in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. This is an area with lots of trees again. The sparrows here come into our canteen and peck at food scraps. Some of my colleagues deliberately leave scraps for them near the window. It is a delight to see them prosper here. |
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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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