| ID | 5005 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Sri Kumaran children's home school,on the way to school. |
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| Rough Address/Area | Mallasandra |
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| City/District | Bangalore |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 13.06128407 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.50962830 |
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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? | Other commercial area |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village) |
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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? | 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? | I used to go by bus to my school everyday through this route and one day my friends and I spotted a few sparrows.Most of the places that I visited in Bangalore showed a dearth of sparrows,so finding them in these outskirts was both delightful at the same time was a cause for worry because it only meant that the number of sparrows were constantly on the decline.Everyday,we made it a sort of exercise to count the number of sparrows,some days there were five,others ten,whatever it be,only a handful were clearly observable.
Sparrows played such an important role in grandmas' stories and were such a common part of the household then,yet now they have become a sort of exotic species which causes great discomfort and dissatisfaction in a lot of people.
let's do simple things like keep out water,grains etc to protect the few wonderful sparrows we are blessed with now and hopefully we see a great increase in their number! |
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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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