| ID | 3427 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kasturba Marg |
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| Rough Address/Area | Patel Colony |
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| City/District | Jamnagar |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 22.48453140 |
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| Location Longitude | 70.06271362 |
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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? | 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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | There used to be huge congregations of sparrow in our garden in the past more than 500 birds. The trees where they used to roast was favorite hunting grounds for migrating birds of prey. This was observed in 2001-05. Currently very few number of birds are observed roasting.
In the past from 2005 onwards till 2009-10 fair number of birds - 25 -50 used to come for foraging at the feeding places in the garden. Of later their numbers have fallen down to an occasional bird or two. |
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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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