| ID | 5142 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Ashok Nagar Residential Colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | Ashok Nagar B, Borivali West |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.23129082 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.84384918 |
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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? | 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 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | We can see more than 8 types of birds in and around our colony. Sparrows often come and sit on our window sill and chirp happily. We can hear them chirping for the whole day. They come to drink water collected below our potted plants. I have clicked photos of a male and female house sparrow sitting together which I would like to share. But certainly over the last three years they have decreased in number and we see more of dayals, mynahs, bulbuls, parrots, etc. than before. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Many garden spaces are there in the residential colonies. |
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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? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity, In electrical fixture |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 1995-1999 |
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