| ID | 4194 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Doordarshan Quarters, Thiba Palace Road |
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| Rough Address/Area | Doordarshan Quarters, Thiba Palace Road |
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| City/District | Ratnagiri |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 16.98703766 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.30689240 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | 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 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | We lived in Doordarshan Quarters, Ratnagiri from 2004 to 2011.I put a clay plate for water and another plate for food. Sparrows (and many other birds) came to my balcony. Sparrows had nests in gaps between top roof plate and wall in our quarters building. One person near my room spread food grains in the morning. Sparrows came in my balcony from morning to 11:00 am and in the evening. Rarely visited in afternoon. Also they take sometime sand bath. In Summer they sometime enjoy bath in clay plate.
They visited plenty in number. In rainy season , I have seen more than 20 sparrows sitting in my balcony probably for getting shelter from rain. when in a row, Sparrows generally sit keeping their face in opposite directions, probably the group can monitor all directions. They may come one after the other, but when sense danger, all fly immediately. How they take decision and tell others is unknown to me. They make small fights when eating in our balcony. they can be nearby to crow, bulbul, maina, koel , parva (some marathi names) birds while eating and these big birds generally ignore sparrows and did not disturbed sparrows at least in my balcony. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Apartment complexes |
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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? | Food |
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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? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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