| ID | 4180 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Deshapriya Park |
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| Rough Address/Area | Manoharpukur, Kalighat |
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| City/District | Kolkata |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 22.52025604 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.35335541 |
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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? | 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Sparrows in my area are quite fearless. They enter the house, sit on lampshades and chirp. Two sparrows have made a nest on one of the unused closed windows and the family members make sure not to open it or disturb them in any way. The ones that enter the house to fly around are different ones though. Birds like sparrows are very sensitive and they will know when you are friendly. I would rather have an occasional bird poop on the floor than live in a place without free birds around. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Other food shops, Open-air eateries, Multi-storey bungalows |
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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? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Window |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | Before 1995 |
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