| ID | 3876 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | MCC B Block, Davangere, Karnataka, India |
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| Rough Address/Area | MCC B Block |
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| City/District | Davanagere |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 14.45342064 |
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| Location Longitude | 75.91293335 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1990-1994 |
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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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | The area that I am reporting here is one of the places I grew up and we (my family) used to live there in a house. Our family name is 'Gubbi' which means 'Sparrow' in Kannada (comes from the name of a small village in Haveri District from where my father's family's ancestors hailed).
It was very common to see house sparrows build small nests inside people's houses in this area, especially around the time when these sparrows would lay eggs and hatch them. Our house also played host to one such nest and we made sure not to disturb them and ensure that they were protected. We often put out water and food for them and my grandmother used to say that having sparrow nest inside our house will bring good luck! And one fine morning, we woke up to the sound of two tiny little just-born sparrows! Our neighbours used to tell us that the biggest sparrow nest in the neighbourhood was in our house and it wasn't really a co-incidence that our family name is 'Gubbi'! And even more interestingly, the sparrows somehow always seem to ensure that they excrete their droppings outside the house :) |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Vegetable shops, Other food shops, Non-food shops, Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | It was a nice little residential quarters of a small town, though not very far from the bustling city centre (perhaps less than a kilometer away) |
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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? | , cavity between the wall and the dry coconut hanging on our door (the coconut was there for religious reasons) |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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