| ID | 4964 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Sathe nagar, josts C.H.S. |
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| Rough Address/Area | Thane West |
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| City/District | Thane |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.20291901 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.94863129 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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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 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 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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | The sparrows numbers have quite dwindled compared to my childhood days at the same place.
The reasons may be cutting of old trees and non planting of new trees in particular which have fruits and have dense foliage or leaves so that only small birds can live on it like sparrows.
Also mobile towers may be reason for weak and non healthy new born sparrows. I also observe that this may not be the main reason as their numbers were already very low before introduction of mobile tower at our building but may be a additional negative effect with non planting of fruit bearing trees as particular reason behind their less numbers of sparrows.
I have in our balcony some flower pots and in addition a money plant which has a dense foliage which provide a little shelter to them during the summers. Also i have used boxes and other items in my balcony to help them having a safe place for nesting and also protection from various predators like crows,etc.
Hope my little effort may prevent them from being extinct.
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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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