| ID | 5091 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Patna High School, Gardanibagh |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Patna |
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| State | Bihar |
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| Location Latitude | 25.58970451 |
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| Location Longitude | 85.11002350 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1995-1999 |
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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? | Campus |
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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 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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I lived and grew up with sparrows. They lived with me in my house. They had their nests made in almost each of the rooms in my house. So, I estimate about 3-4 couples of sparrows lived with us. My mom's every day started with cleaning the floor off their droppings. Their chirping used to disturb me in my school studies. So I was not very fond of them. And, also it was quite a task for us to safely remove their nests from the ventilating windows in the summers so that they don't get hurt from the wings of the ceiling fans.
Now, that I don't get to see them around my house, the memories of those days appear very sweet. I miss them now. They are an integral part of my childhood memories. |
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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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