| ID | 5302 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Saradapally |
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| Rough Address/Area | Saradapally, G.T. Road (W) |
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| City/District | Asansol |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 23.69377708 |
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| Location Longitude | 86.94303894 |
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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? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
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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? | 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? | A flock of about 30 house sparrows visit my garden everyday once in the morning around 8.00AM and once in the afternoon
between 4.20-4.30PM. Usually we treat them with 'Kangra Dana' and puffed rice. It is observed that number of
males are less than number of females. They are found to follow a very decent social discipline. Hardly there is any fight over food. But males do resort to fight for leadership. It appears that the adults don't mind feeding the young ones in the flock without any discrimination.
It is amazing to see them taking simultaneously off in a flash to a nearby tree or creeper even when they are all engaged in feeding. I failed to detect any signal or command from any of them. I wonder what prompts them to act with such a precision.I have created a small pool of water in the garden. It is heartening to note that they take full advantage of the resource by drinking and taking bath. |
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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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