| ID | 3811 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Tara Hall Compound, Snow view |
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| Rough Address/Area | Mallital |
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| City/District | Nainital |
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| State | Uttarakhand |
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| Location Latitude | 29.39505577 |
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| Location Longitude | 79.45929718 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
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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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 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? | Very often I use to see the HS, while going to collage in the entire hillock from higher to lower region (2150-1950m). In the morning time my mother use to feed them uncooked rice and within no time there will be more then 75 HS, females more as compared to males.
Still the same process is going on and the major difference I found is that the feed is being shared by HS, Spotted dove, warblers (which were never seen upto this much of heightearlier), Himalayan whistling thrush and some time grey tit. The number of HS has gone down drastically (less than 30 at a particular place where earlier 75 HS were present).
Similarly, people use to feed at several places like on the roof of their houses and in temples.
There is one temple (Pasan devi) in Nainital near lake on the other side of mall road where I have seen a saint feeding HS and they use to be in his hand and lap more than 150.
However, in higher sides monkeys are creating problem for the HS and not allowing to feed. |
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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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