| ID | 3882 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Near Ballygunge Military Camp |
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| Rough Address/Area | Ballygunge |
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| City/District | Kolkata |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 22.53644562 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.35767365 |
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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? | 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? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I have large no. of potted plants on my roof. When new shoots sprout I try to protect them by covering with net. One afternoon I observed a female sparrow dive vertically down and enter through the net to attack the new shoots. On seeing me it attempted to fly away. After several attempts it succeeded to get through and fly away. I thought it was a desperate move for food.
The group on my roof come in numbers of 10/12 birds. One peculiarity I observed is that there are more males in the group than females. Smaller numbers rest in the afternoon on my window grills. |
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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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