| ID | 4431 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | ganga building, g.t.road, putlighar |
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| City/District | Amritsar |
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| State | Punjab |
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| Location Latitude | 31.63397980 |
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| Location Longitude | 74.87226105 |
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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? | Other |
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| 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) |
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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? | Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year |
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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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 birds |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | the sparrows are now afraid of human beings.
earlier we used to throw flour and seeds; they would come out in dozens, esp. in the evenings.
but over the period of five years, their courage to come out near people has fallen drastically.
the major reasons are deforestation, air pollution and noise of the traffic on the highway which has grown manifold within a few years. we all know the congested roads are an outcome of the financing schemes of vehicles.
other major force acting against peaceful survival of sparrows, honey bees, bats and doves etc. is the high rate of radiations of the mobile phones with dense network of transmitting towers installed everywhere.
these towers, installed at highest points in the localities have become watch towers for the killer birds like eagles, kites, falcons, etc. to catch the sparrows and doves and other birds. this discourages the innocent birds from coming out of the few trees they find to hide in.
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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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