| ID | 4474 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Koldam |
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| Rough Address/Area | KOLDAM Hydro Project |
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| City/District | Barmana. Distt Bilaspur |
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| State | Himachal Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 31.39315987 |
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| Location Longitude | 76.87129211 |
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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? | Other |
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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? | 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 visited once or twice |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Koldam, Himachl Pradesh. Mynas present in large numbers and were seen bullying the sparrows. On 10 April 2012, three male and one female sparrow were seen crying for help while their under-construction-nest was raided by two mynas and nest building materials robbed. All the four sparrows were crying for help but mynas mercilessly destroyed their nest. The location was inside of the sloping roof of a roadside umbrella-shaped tin shelter on top of a hillock used for getting a panoramic view of the area at the Hydro Power Project site at Koldam on river Satuj (near Kullu). As a result of these repeated attacks many sparrows have decided to build their nests inside the grills of numerous tube-lights fitted on the ceilings of the nearby offices. But it will be very difficult for the sparrows to raise their youngs in such cramped conditions. Many are also getting hurt by the running ceiling fans as a result of this choice, I was informed. Bulbuls were also seen freely building nests even on the potted plants in the nearby Guest House. Mynas (more that twenty at any time) were seen building nests in the cavities on vertical earth-cuts and also in the weep holes of the retaining walls of the hill roads. I took photographs of the raiding mynas and helpless sparrows. |
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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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