| ID | 4957 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Green park/Lake Town/Jessor road |
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| Rough Address/Area | Lake Town |
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| City/District | Kolkata |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 22.60932159 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.40159607 |
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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? | New residential development |
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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? | 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? | 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? | I have affinity with sparrows since childhood.Sparrows are intellegent and friendly in nature like I often see them playing with bulbuls.Every morning a flock of sparrow come to our balcony and I feed them rice grain and give them some water.They are so familier with us that they don't fear us and often visit our windows and balcony with their cute little chicks.It is pleasurebale to hear their chirping from dawn to dusk.I used to see sparrows in large number in my locality but recently their number is shrinking. |
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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. | My locality comprises both new residential development and old houses .There is not much greenery left only few coconut trees can be seen here and there. |
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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? | A few |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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