| ID | 5231 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Madhapur, Hyderabad |
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| Rough Address/Area | Vittal Rao Nagar, Hitech City |
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| City/District | Hyderabad |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 17.44287491 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.38525391 |
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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? | New residential development |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I have seen sparrows building nest on the Wooden Cabinet in my Balcony (in apartment) for 2-3 generations of sparrows.
Hence I got 2 wooden sparrow nests (which I procured from Zoological park, Hyderabad on 20/03/2011 on World Sparrow Day)which I got fixed in my Balcony. However, I found that the sparrows did not like the same and tried to build their nest on top of the wooden boxes.
I got a carpenter to modify the same so that these are now attached sideways & the sparrows are now happy and have nested multiple times on this changed nest. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Non-food shops, Cattle sheds, Open-air eateries, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | This is a normal Residential area with Apartments & Kirana & Other shops with a couple of eateries thrown in. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Both |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | There used to be paddy fields some 5-7 years back. |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | A few |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Artificial nest box, Window, Ledge |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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