| ID | 4174 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | south street |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Puducherry |
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| State | Puducherry |
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| Location Latitude | 11.86705017 |
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| Location Longitude | 79.80790710 |
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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? | 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? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | house sparrow population is dwindling but it has not been eroded completely. earlier in our locality virtually every household will have sparrow nests but the expansion of housing plots in agricultural fields and abandoning crops such as rice, pulses and shifting to cash crops (for better profit)excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides also lead to the crash of the population size. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Cattle sheds, Huts |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | our locality is a serene atmosphere with more coconut tree cover and agricultural field.the trend of cultivation s shifting towards cash crops rather than main stream crops such as rice ,pulses. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | groundnut,cuccumber,vegetables,mango,sapotta,in low lying regions paddy |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity, In electrical fixture |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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