| ID | 4837 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Yadhaval street |
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| Rough Address/Area | Virguambakkam Bus Stop, Reddy St, Abirami Nagar, Virugambakkam |
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| City/District | Chennai |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 13.04961967 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.19257355 |
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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? | Market |
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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 lived there |
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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? | 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? | Our family had to shift to terrace for a day since we had pesticides sprayed in our home for the termites. Towards the evening, I saw 2 sparrows enjoying being together and they were flying here and there, singing together. I was trying to click a photo of them, since it was long time I saw a sparrow, But before I did, they flew again. After that, I saw them again on another day when I went to terrace. We have kept many plants on terrace which invited lot of birds. But I didnt see these sparrows of late.
Kuruvi.. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Our area has a market a few meters away..many fast food shops are there on the road side.. Many houses have small garden on the terrace.. |
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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? | |
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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? | , terrace |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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