| ID | 3636 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Raheja Complex, near Sholay Building, Versova |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Mumbai Suburban |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.12858200 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.81871033 |
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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? | 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? | 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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | They come inside my house, if windows are open. At times they try to build nest in some corner or so.
There are always sparrows on the balcony or parapet around here.
Though this questioner is about sparrows, I did observed once a fight between Crows and Parrots, which looked about domenance for a rain water drainage pipe coming out of a building terrace. I do have a short video or that. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Non-food shops, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | A lot of grean area around. There are two nana nani parks here and the lane below is preferred by people around this area for morning walk, becasue of it's calmness, and cleanliness. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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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? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 1995-1999 |
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