| ID | 3423 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Shastri Hall - residential colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.96373940 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.81327057 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1970-1974 |
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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? | New residential development |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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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? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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? |
By 1970's our housing society underwent a change. Some of the old buildings & trees, open spaces gave way to a new building a 9 story (where I reside since 1970). The surrounding property which had a small bungalow surrounded by lots of varieties of trees like mango, banyan, lots of bushes also gave way for a new residential building 22 floors -know as Matru Mandir-
However the other two/three sides covering our residential colony still had old tenements with few trees. So there was still skyline over viewing some part of Mulbar Hill, Chaupati see front. The fans in residence (7th floor) were hardly used even in summer. Sparrow though reduced considerably were seen hopping to pick up rice grains/ left over of food grains being cleaned in the morning & evening hours. |
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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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