| ID | 4543 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | India |
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| Rough Address/Area | Shivpuri, Hinoo |
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| City/District | Ranchi |
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| State | Jharkhand |
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| Location Latitude | 23.33080292 |
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| Location Longitude | 85.31919098 |
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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? | 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? | 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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 100 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? | Number of sparrow including other birds i.e. crow, maina, pigeon etc are reducing. I use to see them in large quantity few years back even '2009' and onward. But suddenly this has reduced. I think specially regarding sparrows the nesting problem due to concrete construction. These days normally we don't keep ventilators/ windows without net or glass panels. In early days houses were kacha or khaprail which were more friendly for making nests. We Should try to make the situation normal for their natural envelopment. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Single-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Near Ranchi Airport. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Paddy |
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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? | Wall cavity, In electrical fixture, Other (please specify), Window palmets, Book Self |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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