| ID | 4761 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Traditional house in Danya village |
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| Rough Address/Area | Danya |
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| City/District | Almora |
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| State | Uttarakhand |
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| Location Latitude | 29.43041611 |
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| Location Longitude | 79.78852081 |
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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? | Village |
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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? | 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 frequently |
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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 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? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | There is a custom in the Kumaun in the construction of traditional houses that small holes were left under the eaves for sparrows to nest in. I regularly visit the home of Chandra Pant in Danya, and her old family home is so designed. I was there at sunset on Monday 9 April, and was very pleased to see that sparrows were flying in and out of the holes under the eave of the slate roof, a sure sign that they were nesting there. I was very pleased to see that at least in her home sparrows were still very much in evidence. |
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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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