| ID | 4944 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Gopal Colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | Gopal Colony, Perambur |
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| City/District | Chennai |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 13.11380291 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.23414612 |
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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? | 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? | 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 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? | While taking a stroll in my colony, I used to see a few sparrows near a small shop in our colony. The shop was surrounded by greenery, so the sparrows must be having their nests somewhere nearby.
I bought a sparrow nest with 3 compartments (bedrooms?); the middle one even had a mirror attached to the opening, so one could see whats inside as reflection from the mirror.
I hung it outside my grandmother's portico; the place was surrounded by plants and a couple of fruit bearing trees. I had seen sparrows trying to catch insects in this place.
Within a month, a family had settled in one of the compartments, and we could hear their chirping all day long. Once I felt that the chirping sounded like that of young ones. I checked inside the nest, and found 3 small ones. After a few days, the place was silent; probably, the babies were grown enough to fly. The chirping continued, and a couple of adult sparrows were seen flying in and out of the nest. But this suddenly stopped.
I waited for a few days, but they were flying past the nest, but not entering it. I again tried looking into the nest and found 3 eggs. And the mirror was also fallen and beside the nest. Most probably, the sparrows got frightened when the mirror fell and have abandoned the nest.
I did not know what to do with the eggs and how to artificially incubate them; and it was already a week old. Since then, the sparrow have stopped making that nest their home & I had to remove the nest.
My grandma's old house is now making way for an apartment and I am now trying to place the nest in a different location in the same plot. Hoping the sparrows adopt it as their home.
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Vegetable shops, Single-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | single-occupied building nearly 20+ years old, with lots of greenery |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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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? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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