| ID | 3402 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Lake Town |
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| Rough Address/Area | Lake Town |
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| City/District | Siliguri |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 26.69520760 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.42211151 |
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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 (main) |
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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 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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | These birds frequently nests in our attic / ceiling (tin / corrogated roof) of our stair case, using dried grasses and small twigs. however they do have to compete for best location with a number of pigeons who also nest in the attic. Our being an old neighbourhood almost every house has atleast one full grown tree of various species and hence nesting materials are always in good supply.
Recently a couple of sparrows have nested in our stair case ceiling and have given birth. However, unfortunately one of their chick have fallen from the nest (approx 10-15 days back) and was quickly devoured by our pet dogs. Earlier though the number of nests and the no. of birds seen were high (more than 20) and have now being reduced. Presently atleast 4-5 sparrows eagerly await their daily breakfast (few crumbs of thin araroot buiscuit) from my father and share it with their other neighbours (some crows and common Indian Myna - Acridotheres tristis. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Other (please specify) |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Our locality is an old residential neighbourhood. Recently old houses are being demolished for appartment blocks. Almost all the old houses have a small garden and a variety of full grown trees ranging from mango to coconut. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Residential Area |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Other (please specify), Attic and Ceiling on the stair case |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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