View Record #4071



ID4071
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutType I quarters IIT Kanpur, Nankari Village
Rough Address/AreaIIT Kanpur, Nankari
City/DistrictKanpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Location Latitude26.51353645
Location Longitude80.22487640
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?1975-1979
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Campus
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)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I lived there
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Always: I saw sparrows every day
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
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?This area was full of sparows, lots of nest in almost every houses and trees inside the IIT Kanpur campus and in the neighbouring village NANKARI also i saw in Barasirohi village. The area had a large population from 1971 to 2000, the time I lived in the IIT Kanpur campus. I was avid watcher/viewer/admirer of these birds.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?