| ID | 5179 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | BITS campus |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Pilani |
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| State | Rajasthan |
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| Location Latitude | 28.36380959 |
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| Location Longitude | 75.60215759 |
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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? | Town |
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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? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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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? | Sparrows are in plenty in and around BITS Pilani campus.
But at a time I have sighted a few e.g. 5-7 of them maximum.
I have been observing them since past 4 months since I joined the campus as a faculty member. I have not come across their nests though. They come very close to you especially near tea centres inside hostel premises. I am seeing them after a long time.
Other than sparrows there is good bird life here as well, notably, black naped woodpecker, Alexandrine parakeet, wire tailed swallow, Indian Grey hornbill, spotted owlets etc. |
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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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