| ID | 4046 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | A.P.W.D Guest House complex, Neil Island, South andaman. |
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| City/District | Andaman |
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| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
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| Location Latitude | 11.83298206 |
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| Location Longitude | 93.05261230 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1980-1984 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Village |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Agricultural fields |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 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? | I born and brought up in Neil Island, When I was in my childhood, I use to play with long sniffed leaves of coconut. I use to tie the leafs like ropes from one corner of the House (quater) to another coner., by climbing to the windows. There i saw , the nest of sparrows in every corner and especially where the joining of button are provided,in the E-board. Even I saw the eggs in the nest and I use to climb every day to see the development,.My mom always scolding me, to not to take out the eggs or young ones. I have seen the complete life cycle of this bird. from egg to young one flying and fall down. And some days , the young ones made a proper flying with her mother.
We had a poulty of country hen,(around 20 to 30 hen) my mom use to feed the hen by putting rice and rice bran, every moring and evening .At that time my duty was to fly waway the sparrows from eating the rice, and rice bran. I remeber the no. of birds was more than 50 or so. |
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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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