| ID | 3660 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Poonam Kunj Hsg Society |
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| Rough Address/Area | Poonam Nagar, Jogeshwari East |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.13630867 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.86875916 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | I had a bird feeder hanging outside my hall window where four of them could feed at a time. I also had a bowl of water on the sill. Five to six of them would turn up together & then instead of feeding, they would dissolve into a ball of chirping & arguing with each other, before they fed! And then ritually each would drink water, clean their beaks before flying away. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Apart from sparrows, there were coucals, kingfishers, red vented bulbuls & red whiskered bulbuls here |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Both |
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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? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Ledge, Wall cavity, In electrical fixture |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 1995-1999 |
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