| ID | 5180 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Dhanashree Society |
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| Rough Address/Area | Ganesh Nagar |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.49747086 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.82950592 |
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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 worked/studied there |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | 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 have my office in Dhanashree Society and it is very picturesque. My cabin has a large window. Across that is a wonderful flowing nala and hundreds of trees around. A lot of animals/birds including mongooses, snakes and variety of birds live there.
Around winter time (Dec - Feb), we started spotting sparrows and bulbuls come and sit on our window sill. We then started to put up foodgrains, food leftovers, biscuits, chivda (made out of rice floor - poha) and their numbers increased. So much so that we now had to bring a bagful of these items every week to feed our little champions.
Sparrows and Bulbuls are voracious eaters and since they come in big numbers, they wipe out a good chunk of food in one go. Importantly, they prefer the more spicy stuff over plain grain.
We experimented by offering bajra grain and fried namkeen together. Voila!! the namkeen was gone in no time... looks like the fast food culture has crept in the bird lifestyle too :)
Its a fantastic experience to see lively birds and from such close quarters. We have a lot of their photographs and videos. How can we share them here? Do let us know.
How can we help save the sparrow?
Thanks,
Anagha |
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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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