| ID | 4589 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Pocket A2 |
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| Rough Address/Area | Gharoli Dairy Farm, Mayur Vihar III |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.61394501 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.32957458 |
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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 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? | The nest of sparrows has been built into a uncemented hole made for fixing an iron barrier on the top floor of the DDA Flats (third floor). Since wires belonging to cable network provides abound in the area, running zig zag across buildings, you can easily watch sparrows trying to get to their nest concealed as described above by hopping on to wires slowly and stealthily and in a sudden move enter the nest. While standing unmovingly at the time, you cannot but help a smile and admire at the swiftness and diligence they show in feeding their young ones or building their nests. Although not even an amateur birdwatcher, I do take keen interest in observing new wingers who hover around the house or on the trees. Also being from a rural village in Kerala, I have had the opportunity to closely watch different kinds of birds sitting on the trees nearby. |
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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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