| ID | 4511 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Puttur Village |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Puttur |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 12.75530434 |
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| Location Longitude | 75.20191193 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | Earlier than 1950 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Village |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Agricultural fields |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | Sparrows…those small chirpy little busybodies…my friends from childhood. Our small house in Puttur, Karnataka had a verandah in the front where my father had fixed a small box for these beauties. As children, we used to observe these birds minutely- how they collected dry grass and twigs, built their nest in the box and raised small ones every few months. I was fascinated by their patience in bringing up each brood, feeding them in turns and as they grew, teaching them to fly. As each brood grew up and flew away, I am sure they were even taught to be wary of the crows and other bigger birds and reptiles.May be more than anything else it was these birds who taught me my first lesson of parent-child relation. |
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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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