| ID | 447 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Vidya Nagar Jyothi Bala Mandhir School |
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| Rough Address/Area | Vidya Nagar |
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| City/District | Hyderabad |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 17.40662003 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.51290131 |
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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 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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I live in a flat in an apartment in Hyderabad and I first noticed House Sparrows in the school next door in 2003. In the past 2-3 years I have been seeing them chirping away at dawn in my own floor. They were attracted to the rangoli designs. Later, I noticed that they were actually partial to rice flour which my neighbour used in her rangoli. This observation inspired me to draw rangoli patterns on my threshold/entrance.
Now I have my winged visitors daily at my door at day break.
They enjoy feasting on the rangoli designs made from pure rice flour! |
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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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